Rants'o Surname

501,369th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 656 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Rants'o Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rants'o Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho6551:3,103519
Iceland11:380,09011,096

Rants'o (192) may also be a first name.

Rants'o Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Rants'o Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Rants'o is found most in Lesotho. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Rants'o click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rants'o? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 501,369th most frequent surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 11,109,064 people. The surname Rants'o is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Rants'o reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 655,603rd most numerous first name on earth, held by 192 people.

This last name is most widely held in Lesotho, where it is carried by 655 people, or 1 in 3,103. In Lesotho it is most numerous in: Berea District, where 30 percent are found, Maseru District, where 13 percent are found and Mokhotlong District, where 12 percent are found. Besides Lesotho this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Iceland, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rantso921,276/
Rantsho86785/
Rant'so86144/
Rantsuo8622/
Rantsos865/
Rantsou864/
Ranthso862/
Rantsoa862/
Ramts'o861/
Rantsios8037/
Rantsooa808/
Rantsioa801/
Rantšo7759/
Rantsa7711/
Rancso771/
Rasentsho751/
Rantzou7167/
Rantsia7135/
Raintsa7114/
Rantsha716/
Ranco67467/
Ranzo67150/
Ramtsios6723/
Ranço671/

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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 Rants'o
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