Phootha Surname
Approximately 74 people bear this surname
Phootha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 73 | 1:27,843 | 5,393 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Phootha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Phootha Come From? nationality or country of origin
Phootha is most common in Lesotho. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Phootha? popularity and diffusion
The surname Phootha is the 2,203,767th most common last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 98,480,350 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Phootha live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
It is most prevalent in Lesotho, where it is carried by 73 people, or 1 in 27,843. In Lesotho Phootha is primarily found in: Thaba-Tseka District, where 53 percent live, Leribe District, where 37 percent live and Maseru District, where 8 percent live. Beside Lesotho this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Thailand, where 1 percent live.
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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 Phootha
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