Tsotetsi Surname

12,430th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 45,180 people bear this surname

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

Tsotetsi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tsotetsi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa44,6571:1,213128
Lesotho3711:5,4791,124
England631:884,41445,970
Botswana391:56,07510,323
United States241:15,102,456529,929
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Iceland31:126,6975,403
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

The alternate forms: Tšotetsi (26), Tsötetsi (1) & Tsótetsi (1) are calculated separately.

Tsotetsi (307) may also be a first name.

Tsotetsi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tsotetsi is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Tšotetsi, Tsötetsi or Tsótetsi. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tsotetsi? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 12,430th most frequently used surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 161,300 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tsotetsi are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 502,288th most frequently held first name on earth, borne by 307 people.

The last name Tsotetsi is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is held by 44,657 people, or 1 in 1,213. In South Africa Tsotetsi is mostly concentrated in: Gauteng, where 41 percent live, Free State, where 25 percent live and Mpumalanga, where 16 percent live. Not including South Africa this last name occurs in 18 countries. It also occurs in Lesotho, where 1 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Tsotetsi Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Tsotetsi earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 42.37% less than the national average, earning R 136,944 per year and in United States they earn 78.22% less than the national average, earning $9,396 USD 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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Tsotetsi
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