Tshosa Surname
Approximately 624 people bear this surname
Tshosa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Botswana | 507 | 1:4,313 | 638 |
| South Africa | 108 | 1:501,645 | 40,799 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Tshosa (121) may also be a first name.
Tshosa Demographics
Average Tshosa Salary in
South Africa
R 176,820
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Tshosa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tshosa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tshosa is most common in Botswana. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tshosa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 521,266th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 11,678,759 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Tshosa reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Tshosa is also the 848,089th most frequently held given name on earth. It is borne by 121 people.
It is most commonly used in Botswana, where it is carried by 507 people, or 1 in 4,313. Not including Botswana this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 17 percent live and The DR Congo, where 1 percent live.
Tshosa Last Name Statistics demography
Tshosa earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 25.59% less than the national average, earning R 176,820 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 Tshosa
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