Scotsman Surname

2,007,164th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 87 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Scotsman Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Scotsman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa861:629,97347,084
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Scotsman (28) may also be a first name.

Scotsman Last Name Facts

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

The surname Scotsman is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Scotsman? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,007,164th most commonly occurring last name globally, held by around 1 in 83,764,896 people. The last name Scotsman occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Scotsman live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most commonly held first name in the world. It is borne by 28 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 86 people, or 1 in 629,973. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Western Cape, where 87 percent live, Eastern Cape, where 7 percent live and Gauteng, where 5 percent live. Outside of South Africa Scotsman exists in one country. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent live.

Scotsman Last Name Statistics demography

Scotsman earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 50.31% less than the national average, earning R 118,080 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Schotsman94558/
Scottsman947/
Cotsman9344/
Scosman930/
Scotchsman891/
Sootsman8883/
Skotsman881/
Scotsmon880/
Cootsman880/
Scotchman82108/
Schatsman820/
Catsman80173/
Zotsman8012/
Satsman802/
Schatsmann782/
Sotzmann751/
Scutcman750/
Sattsman750/
Scatzman750/
Schattsmann741/
Schatzsmann741/
Schatzman711,033/
Schutzman71588/
Sootzmann711/
Schatzmann672,065/
Zotzman6785/
Satzman6783/
Zatsman6764/
Catzman6720/
Schochmann675/
Saczman671/

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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 Scotsman
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