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 occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Scotsman.

How Common Is The Last Name Scotsman? popularity and diffusion

The last name Scotsman is the 2,007,164th most commonly used surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 83,764,896 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Scotsman live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Scotsman is also the 1,994,417th most frequent first name worldwide It is held by 28 people.

This surname is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is carried by 86 people, or 1 in 629,973. In South Africa Scotsman is mostly found in: Western Cape, where 87 percent are found, Eastern Cape, where 7 percent are found and Gauteng, where 5 percent are found. Besides South Africa it occurs in one country. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent are found.

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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