Piletso Surname

2,047,559th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 84 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Piletso Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Piletso Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho421:48,3947,686
Botswana221:99,40615,343
South Africa201:2,708,885106,094

Piletso (71) may also be a first name.

Piletso Last Name Facts

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

The surname Piletso occurs more in Lesotho more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Piletso? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,047,559th most frequent family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 86,756,499 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Piletso reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,152,838th most frequent first name worldwide, held by 71 people.

The last name is most numerous in Lesotho, where it is carried by 42 people, or 1 in 48,394. In Lesotho it is most frequent in: Leribe District, where 81 percent live, Maseru District, where 14 percent live and Mokhotlong District, where 2 percent live. Barring Lesotho this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Botswana, where 26 percent live and South Africa, where 24 percent live.

Piletso Last Name Statistics demography

Piletso earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 88.8% less than the national average, earning R 26,616 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pilatso8697/
Pilesio862/
Peletso861/
Peeletso8019/
Pilitsou803/
Pilitsos803/
Pheletso801/
Piliso771,361/
Pileco7764/
Pilesa7711/
Peleso774/
Philiso71723/
Pulatso7125/
Pielesa716/
Pelesho715/
Pelesio715/
Pelesot713/
Pilisio713/
Pilezou712/
Pilitsa711/
Pelesso711/
Piliezo711/
Pilesia711/
Pilisso711/
Philisot6768/
Phulatso6730/
Pylitsos675/
Pilitsia673/
Pulatsho672/
Philliso671/
Philisou671/
Peeletjo671/
Philitsa671/
Pislitsa671/
Pilechat670/

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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
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  • 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 Piletso
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