Sotshifa Surname

2,034,059th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 85 people bear this surname

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

Sotshifa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sotshifa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa851:637,38547,411

Sotshifa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sotshifa is most common in South Africa. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sotshifa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,034,059th most numerous family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 85,735,834 people. Sotshifa is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sotshifa are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is carried by 85 people, or 1 in 637,385. In South Africa Sotshifa is most prevalent in: Gauteng, where 98 percent are found, Eastern Cape, where 1 percent are found and Mpumalanga, where 1 percent are found.

Sotshifa Last Name Statistics demography

Sotshifa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 60.65% less than the national average, earning R 93,516 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sochifa8075/
Shashifa751/
Socifah6726/
Sochefa6714/
Sosepha671/
Soseepha633/
Zatseifa631/
Zhochifah5911/
Sutchiffe593/
Sasefa57503/
Sosefo5717/
Sazifa571/
Shazifi53430/
Sassefa5354/
Sachifi5314/
Sochefo533/
Sosefou533/
Soutchetfit531/
Shacifi531/
Suchaifi5010/
Sutciffe503/

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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
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  • 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 Sotshifa
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