Cerfonteyn Surname

1,369,340th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 161 people bear this surname

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

Cerfonteyn Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cerfonteyn Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1531:354,10332,399
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
England21:27,859,030389,889
Poland11:38,008,749231,653

Cerfonteyn Last Name Facts

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

The last name Cerfonteyn is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Cerfonteyn? popularity and diffusion

The last name Cerfonteyn is the 1,369,340th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 45,264,260 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Cerfonteyn are found; 95 percent are found in Southern Africa and 95 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is held by 153 people, or 1 in 354,103. In South Africa Cerfonteyn is primarily found in: Eastern Cape, where 44 percent are found, Western Cape, where 41 percent are found and Gauteng, where 10 percent are found. Besides South Africa this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 3 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Cerfonteyn Last Name Statistics demography

Cerfonteyn earn somewhat more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 5.56% more than the national average, earning R 250,848 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cerfontyne90220/
Cerfontein9092/
Serfonteyn9010/
Serfontein805,338/
Cerfontain8027/
Serfontien801/
Cerfontaine76712/
Serfontine707/
Kerfontain702/
Kerfantan631/
Sarfantein605/

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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 Cerfonteyn
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