Rapontso Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Rapontso Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 29 | 1:70,088 | 9,364 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
The alternate forms: Rapontšo (6) are calculated separately.
Rapontso Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rapontso Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rapontso occurs more in Lesotho more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Rapontšo. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rapontso? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,602,217th most numerous family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Rapontso reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Rapontso is most frequently used in Lesotho, where it is borne by 29 people, or 1 in 70,088. In Lesotho Rapontso is most common in: Maseru District, where 72 percent reside, Berea District, where 24 percent reside and Leribe District, where 3 percent reside. Other than Lesotho this surname exists in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Rapontso
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