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 surname Bantjwa is found most in Lesotho. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bantjwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bantjwa is the 8,968,613th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bantjwa reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most widely held in Lesotho, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 677,519. In Lesotho it is mostly concentrated in: Mohale's Hoek District, where 100 percent reside. Other than Lesotho Bantjwa occurs in one country. It also occurs 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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