Sotho Surname
Approximately 219 people bear this surname
Sotho Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 102 | 1:531,154 | 42,340 |
| Thailand | 88 | 1:802,708 | 129,613 |
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| Lesotho | 4 | 1:508,140 | 18,568 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Sotho (208) may also be a first name.
Sotho Demographics
Average Sotho Salary in
South Africa
R 97,152
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Sotho Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sotho Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sotho (Hindi: सोठो) is found most in South Africa. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sotho? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sotho is the 1,111,382nd most prevalent surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 33,276,465 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 57 percent of Sotho are found; 48 percent are found in Southern Africa and 48 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Sotho is also the 627,410th most commonly used given name on earth, borne by 208 people.
Sotho is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is held by 102 people, or 1 in 531,154. In South Africa Sotho is primarily found in: Free State, where 49 percent live, Gauteng, where 20 percent live and Mpumalanga, where 10 percent live. Barring South Africa this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 40 percent live and Nigeria, where 8 percent live.
Sotho Last Name Statistics demography
Sotho earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 59.12% less than the national average, earning R 97,152 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sotho Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sotho in the Hindi language | ||
| सोठो | sotho | - |
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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 Sotho
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