Rants'o Surname
Approximately 656 people bear this surname
Rants'o Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 655 | 1:3,103 | 519 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
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 last name Rants'o occurs in Lesotho more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rants'o? popularity and diffusion
The last name Rants'o is the 501,369th most widely held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 11,109,064 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Rants'o are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 655,603rd most numerous first name world-wide It is held by 192 people.
The surname Rants'o is most commonly occurring in Lesotho, where it is held by 655 people, or 1 in 3,103. In Lesotho it is primarily concentrated in: Berea District, where 30 percent live, Maseru District, where 13 percent live and Mokhotlong District, where 12 percent live. Outside of Lesotho this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Iceland, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rantso | 92 | 1,276 | / |
| Rantsho | 86 | 785 | / |
| Rant'so | 86 | 144 | / |
| Rantsuo | 86 | 22 | / |
| Rantsos | 86 | 5 | / |
| Rantsou | 86 | 4 | / |
| Ranthso | 86 | 2 | / |
| Rantsoa | 86 | 2 | / |
| Ramts'o | 86 | 1 | / |
| Rantsios | 80 | 37 | / |
| Rantsooa | 80 | 8 | / |
| Rantsioa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Rantšo | 77 | 59 | / |
| Rantsa | 77 | 11 | / |
| Rancso | 77 | 1 | / |
| Rasentsho | 75 | 1 | / |
| Rantzou | 71 | 67 | / |
| Rantsia | 71 | 35 | / |
| Raintsa | 71 | 14 | / |
| Rantsha | 71 | 6 | / |
| Ranco | 67 | 467 | / |
| Ranzo | 67 | 150 | / |
| Ramtsios | 67 | 23 | / |
| Ranço | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Rants'o
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