Pholotho Surname

970,883rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 267 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Pholotho Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pholotho Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2671:202,91321,677

Pholotho Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Pholotho Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Pholotho is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pholotho? popularity and diffusion

Pholotho is the 970,883rd most widespread last name globally, held by around 1 in 27,294,179 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Pholotho are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Pholotho is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is held by 267 people, or 1 in 202,913. In South Africa Pholotho is most frequent in: Limpopo, where 64 percent reside, Gauteng, where 17 percent reside and Mpumalanga, where 12 percent reside.

Pholotho Last Name Statistics demography

Pholotho earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 16.44% less than the national average, earning R 198,564 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pholoto93290/
Poloto861,607/
Pholyotha8211/
Polotto80499/
Polioto80123/
Phuloto808/
Polloto807/
Phaloto803/
Poletho801/
Poliotto7587/
Polyotha7527/
Phalatho755/
Pollotto752/
Pollioto751/
Poglioto751/
Polotash751/
Pholyota751/
Polliotto71424/
Polota7143/
Pogliotto7126/
Voloto7124/
Paloto7123/
Peloto7114/
Puloto719/
Foloto715/
Pathlotha713/
Palioto67202/
Palotto67111/
Palloto6748/
Pelotto6737/
Pauloto6710/
Polyota679/
Volotto671/
Pulotuo671/
Polatah671/
Pulotto671/
Pollota671/
Polgota671/
Volloto671/
Folioto671/

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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 Pholotho
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