Bantham Surname

746,827th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 385 people bear this surname

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

Bantham Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bantham Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3231:167,73318,699
United States551:6,590,162310,708
England51:11,143,612252,590
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

Bantham Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bantham (Marathi: बांथम) is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bantham? popularity and diffusion

It is the 746,827th most frequently held surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 18,928,691 people. Bantham occurs predominantly in Africa, where 84 percent of Bantham are found; 84 percent are found in Southern Africa and 84 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

It is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is carried by 323 people, or 1 in 167,733. In South Africa Bantham is most prevalent in: Western Cape, where 44 percent reside, Gauteng, where 20 percent reside and North West, where 11 percent reside. Besides South Africa this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 14 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Bantham Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Bantham has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Bantham surname grew 423 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 125 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Bantham Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Bantham earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 17.38% less than the national average, earning R 196,344 per year and in United States they earn 36.71% more than the national average, earning $58,988 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Bantham Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bantham in the Marathi language
बांथमbanthama-

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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 Bantham
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