Bontiya Surname

1,504,764th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 139 people bear this surname

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

Bontiya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bontiya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1371:395,45835,012
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Bontiya Last Name Facts

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

Bontiya is most common in South Africa. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Bontiya.

How Common Is The Last Name Bontiya? popularity and diffusion

The last name Bontiya is the 1,504,764th most frequently used family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 52,428,388 people. The last name Bontiya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Bontiya live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

It is most numerous in South Africa, where it is carried by 137 people, or 1 in 395,458. In South Africa Bontiya is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 74 percent are found, Western Cape, where 18 percent are found and Gauteng, where 7 percent are found. Not including South Africa Bontiya occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found and The Philippines, where 1 percent are found.

Bontiya Last Name Statistics demography

Bontiya earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 56.64% less than the national average, earning R 103,032 per year.

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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 Bontiya
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