Ramotso Surname

526,285th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 616 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Ramotso Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ramotso Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho3571:5,6931,175
South Africa2591:209,18022,201

The alternate forms: Ramotšo (30) are calculated separately.

Ramotso (43) may also be a first name.

Ramotso Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ramotso is found most frequently in Lesotho. It can also appear as a variant: Ramotšo. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ramotso? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 526,285th most common surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 11,830,432 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ramotso reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Ramotso is also the 1,545,828th most widely held forename on earth, held by 43 people.

The surname is most frequently held in Lesotho, where it is borne by 357 people, or 1 in 5,693. In Lesotho Ramotso is most numerous in: Leribe District, where 60 percent live, Berea District, where 22 percent live and Maseru District, where 12 percent live. Beside Lesotho it exists in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 42 percent live.

Ramotso Last Name Statistics demography

Ramotso earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 50.81% less than the national average, earning R 116,904 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
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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 Ramotso
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