Bantjwa Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Bantjwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 3 | 1:677,519 | 19,546 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Bantjwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bantjwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bantjwa is most common in Lesotho. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Bantjwa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bantjwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,968,613th most commonly used last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bantjwa reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
Bantjwa is most commonly held in Lesotho, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 677,519. In Lesotho it is most prevalent in: Mohale's Hoek District, where 100 percent reside. Beside Lesotho this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 25 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bantjwoa | 93 | 1 | / |
| Bantywa | 86 | 2 | / |
| Bantiwa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Bantiwas | 80 | 28 | / |
| Bantiway | 80 | 8 | / |
| Bantewad | 80 | 1 | / |
| Banzwa | 77 | 81 | / |
| Banteba | 71 | 27 | / |
| Bantiba | 71 | 18 | / |
| Bantsua | 71 | 7 | / |
| Banteva | 71 | 5 | / |
| Bantiwe | 71 | 4 | / |
| Wantiwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Banteeva | 67 | 176 | / |
| Bantivai | 67 | 69 | / |
| Bantevad | 67 | 29 | / |
| Wanthiwa | 67 | 16 | / |
| Bontiwad | 67 | 8 | / |
| Bantibai | 67 | 8 | / |
| Bantiwey | 67 | 5 | / |
| Bontewad | 67 | 5 | / |
| Bhantiwe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Baunteva | 67 | 3 | / |
| Boontiwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Boontewa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bganteva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Banteeba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bantaiba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vantewad | 67 | 1 | / |
| Banteiva | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Bantjwa
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