Phoso Surname
Approximately 903 people bear this surname
Phoso Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 732 | 1:23,387 | 3,582 |
| Thailand | 48 | 1:1,471,632 | 200,579 |
| South Africa | 36 | 1:1,504,936 | 77,557 |
| Botswana | 33 | 1:66,271 | 11,607 |
| Lesotho | 29 | 1:70,088 | 9,364 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Phoso (79) may also be a first name.
Phoso Demographics
Average Phoso Salary in
South Africa
R 48,828
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Phoso Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Phoso Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Phoso (Hindi: फोसो) is held by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Phoso? popularity and diffusion
Phoso is the 391,801st most commonly used family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 8,070,372 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Phoso live; 92 percent live in Southern Africa and 92 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Phoso is also the 1,083,225th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 79 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is carried by 732 people, or 1 in 23,387. Apart from Malawi Phoso occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 5 percent are found and South Africa, where 4 percent are found.
Phoso Last Name Statistics demography
Phoso earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 79.45% less than the national average, earning R 48,828 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Phoso Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Phoso in the Hindi language | ||
| फोसो | phoso | - |
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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 Phoso
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