Dontso Surname

1,364,059th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 162 people bear this surname

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

Dontso Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dontso Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1561:347,29331,960
Lesotho51:406,51217,363
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Dontso Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dontso (Georgian: დონცო) is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dontso? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,364,059th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 44,984,851 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Dontso live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

It is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is borne by 156 people, or 1 in 347,293. In South Africa Dontso is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 69 percent are found, Western Cape, where 19 percent are found and Gauteng, where 8 percent are found. Barring South Africa it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Lesotho, where 3 percent are found and Cameroon, where 1 percent are found.

Dontso Last Name Statistics demography

Dontso earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 50.52% less than the national average, earning R 117,588 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dontsop92394/
Dontsos9231/
Dountso922/
Dountsop86608/
Dontsios86130/
Dontsa831,078/
Dantso8345/
Dontzo832/
Duntso831/
Dontcho7710/
Dantsho778/
Domtsop773/
Dontsap772/
Dantsoh772/
Doumtso771/
Dontsha771/
Dountsa771/
Doumntsios754/
Donzo737,930/
Donco7334/
Dončo732/
Doumtsop711,369/
Dantsios7190/
Dontchos7122/
Doumtsos716/
Dantsohu714/
Dountcho711/
Doumtsou711/
Dontchou711/
Dancso6780/
Doncho6740/
Doncoy6731/
Doumtsios6728/
Donzoi6720/
Dounzo6712/
Dantsa6711/
Duntsa679/
Doncio672/
Doncoo671/
Donzuo671/
Donzou671/
Doncsó671/
Donzoy671/

Dontso Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dontso in the Georgian language
დონცოdontso-

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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 Dontso
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