Tjotje Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Tjotje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 4 | 1:508,140 | 18,568 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
Tjotje (11) may also be a first name.
Tjotje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tjotje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tjotje is more commonly found in Lesotho than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tjotje? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 7,593,402nd most widespread family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. Tjotje is predominantly found in Africa, where 67 percent of Tjotje are found; 67 percent are found in Southern Africa and 67 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most widespread first name world-wide, borne by 11 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Lesotho, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 508,140. In Lesotho Tjotje is primarily concentrated in: Butha-Buthe District, where 75 percent live and Mohale's Hoek District, where 25 percent live. Other than Lesotho it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 33 percent live.
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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 Tjotje
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