Thotho Surname
Approximately 1,169 people bear this surname
Thotho Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 450 | 1:102,622 | 8,941 |
| Malawi | 314 | 1:54,519 | 7,527 |
| Lesotho | 183 | 1:11,107 | 2,502 |
| South Africa | 169 | 1:320,578 | 30,241 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Zimbabwe | 11 | 1:1,403,476 | 76,064 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Thotho (1,198) may also be a first name.
Thotho Demographics
Average Thotho Salary in
South Africa
R 62,892
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Thotho Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Thotho Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Thotho has its highest incidence in Kenya. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Thotho? popularity and diffusion
It is the 319,816th most frequently used last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 6,234,000 people. The surname Thotho is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Thotho are found; 58 percent are found in Southern Africa and 58 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 228,921st most commonly held first name world-wide, borne by 1,198 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is carried by 450 people, or 1 in 102,622. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Kiambu County, where 56 percent are found, Nairobi County, where 18 percent are found and Nyandarua County, where 12 percent are found. Aside from Kenya Thotho occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 27 percent are found and Lesotho, where 16 percent are found.
Thotho Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Thotho last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Thotho earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 73.53% less than the national average, earning R 62,892 per year.
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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 Thotho
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