Sotho Surnames & Their Meanings
Sotho surnames and clan names with their origins and meanings. · 65 surnames · indicative and sometimes contested
SothoBafulaSotho clan; totem kolobe (wild pig).→SothoBahananwaNorthern Sotho clan; totem tshwene (baboon).→SothoBahlakoanaSotho clan; totem koena (crocodile).→SothoBakoneNorthern Sotho clan; totems guineafowl and finch.→SothoBakubungSotho clan; totem kubu (hippopotamus).→SothoBakwenaMajor Sotho-Tswana clan; totem kwena (crocodile).→SothoBanarengSotho clan; totem nare (buffalo).→SothoBapediNorthern Sotho group; totem noko (porcupine).→SothoBaphuthingSotho clan; totems phuthi (duiker) and stone.→SothoBarokaNorthern Sotho clan; totem tlou (elephant).→SothoBasiaSotho clan; totem katse (wild cat).→SothoBatauSotho-Tswana clan; totem is the lion (tau).→SothoBataungSotho-Tswana clan known as "the people of the lion.".→SothoBatlokoaSotho clan; totem wild cat (and porcupine).→SothoBatloungSotho clan; totem tlou (elephant).→SothoDihojaDocumented Basotho clan name.→SothoKhaketlaDocumented Basotho surname; origin uncertain.→SothoLeballoDocumented Sotho surname.→SothoLebusaDocumented Sotho surname.→SothoLekotaDocumented Sotho surname.→SothoLetsieBasotho royal name; son and successor of Moshoeshoe I.→SothoMahaoDocumented Sotho surname.→SothoMahlaselaDocumented Sotho surname.→SothoMajoroDocumented Sotho surname.→SothoMakholokoeMakholokoe clan; totem domestic fowl/chicken.→SothoMakwetlaDocumented Sotho surname.→SothoMampuruBapedi royal name; Pedi king and Sekhukhune's rival.→SothoMangoaelaDocumented Sotho surname.→SothoMaphetlaDocumented Basotho clan name.→SothoMapolaneDocumented Basotho clan name.→SothoMarediDocumented Sepedi (Northern Sotho) surname.→SothoModiseSotho-Tswana surname; means "herder/keeper.".→SothoMoeketsiDocumented Sotho surname.→SothoMofokengA Sesotho clan name preserving ancestral lineage.→SothoMohapiCommon Basotho surname of central Lesotho.→SothoMohlakwanaBahlakoana clan; crocodile (koena) totem.→SothoMokgolokweBakgolokwe clan name of the Basotho.→SothoMokheleCommon Basotho surname of the Lesotho lowlands.→SothoMokitimiDocumented Sotho surname.→SothoMokoenaSesotho surname linked to "the crocodile clan".→SothoMokubungBakubung clan; totem kubu (hippopotamus).→SothoMokwenaVariant of Bakwena clan; crocodile totem (kwena).→SothoMolefeCommon Sotho surname; origin uncertain.→SothoMonarengBanareng clan; totem nare (buffalo).→SothoMopeliDocumented Basotho clan/surname, royal Bafokeng line.→SothoMophuthingBaphuthing clan; totem phuthi (duiker).→SothoMosebetsiSotho surname; means "one who works.".→SothoMoshoeshoeRoyal Basotho name; "the shaver," from sound of a razor.→SothoMosiaBasia clan; totem katse (wild cat).→SothoMotaungBataung clan name; means "of the lion" (tau).→SothoMothibeSotho surname linked to leadership ("to lead").→SothoMothopengDocumented Sotho surname.→SothoMotloungBatloung clan; totem tlou (elephant).→SothoMotshwenengBatshweneng clan; totem tshwene (baboon).→SothoNgoepeDocumented Northern Sotho (Pedi) surname.→SothoNokoSotho surname/totem; means "porcupine.".→SothoPhuthiSotho surname/totem; means "duiker.".→SothoPhutiMeans 'duiker'; a Sotho-Tswana totem animal.→SothoRamokgopaDocumented Northern Sotho (Pedi) surname; origin uncertain.→SothoSefakoSotho surname; means "hailstone.".→SothoSekhukhuneBapedi royal name; famed 19th-century Pedi king.→SothoSekwatiBapedi royal name; Pedi king, father of Sekhukhune.→SothoTauSotho surname/totem; means "lion.".→SothoThabaneSotho surname; from thaba, "mountain.".→SothoTlouSotho surname/totem; means "elephant.".→