Pholosa Surname
Approximately 167 people bear this surname
Pholosa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 117 | 1:17,372 | 3,723 |
| South Africa | 49 | 1:1,105,667 | 65,349 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
Pholosa (16) may also be a first name.
Pholosa Demographics
Average Pholosa Salary in
South Africa
R 109,188
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Pholosa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pholosa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pholosa has its highest incidence in Lesotho. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pholosa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,338,236th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 43,637,999 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Pholosa live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most commonly held first name internationally. It is borne by 16 people.
This last name is most widespread in Lesotho, where it is held by 117 people, or 1 in 17,372. In Lesotho Pholosa is mostly concentrated in: Butha-Buthe District, where 96 percent live, Leribe District, where 3 percent live and Maseru District, where 1 percent live. Apart from Lesotho Pholosa exists in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 29 percent live and Botswana, where 1 percent live.
Pholosa Last Name Statistics demography
Pholosa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 54.05% less than the national average, earning R 109,188 per year.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Pholosa
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