Tsotsobe Surname

1,041,601st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 241 people bear this surname

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

Tsotsobe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tsotsobe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2381:227,63723,639
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220

Tsotsobe Last Name Facts

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

Tsotsobe occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Tsotsobe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,041,601st most commonly used surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 30,238,780 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Tsotsobe are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is carried by 238 people, or 1 in 227,637. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 55 percent live, Western Cape, where 27 percent live and Gauteng, where 13 percent live. Excluding South Africa this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live and Pakistan, where 0 percent live.

Tsotsobe Last Name Statistics demography

Tsotsobe earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 134.51% more than the national average, earning R 557,280 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tsotsobi8817/
Tsotsoba881/
Tsutsube756/
Tsetsebe751/
Tsotsovis713/
Tsoutsoumpei701/
Tshatshube6744/
Tsoutsouva6723/
Cosobea676/
Chosobe675/
Tshatshoba671/

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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 Tsotsobe
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