Jantjies Surname

21,422nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25,441 people bear this surname

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

Jantjies Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jantjies Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa24,5541:2,206279
Namibia7671:3,141529
Kuwait481:79,1819,331
England291:1,921,31276,208
New Zealand121:377,36028,765
United States121:30,204,911765,334
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Swaziland41:324,550996
Northern Ireland21:922,51818,701
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

Jantjies (20) may also be a first name.

Jantjies Last Name Facts

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

Jantjies is found most frequently in South Africa. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Jantjies? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 21,422nd most frequent last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 286,449 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Jantjies reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most commonly used forename in the world, borne by 20 people.

It is most widely held in South Africa, where it is borne by 24,554 people, or 1 in 2,206. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Western Cape, where 45 percent reside, Eastern Cape, where 28 percent reside and Northern Cape, where 9 percent reside. Apart from South Africa it is found in 15 countries. It also occurs in Namibia, where 3 percent reside and Kuwait, where 0 percent reside.

Jantjies Last Name Statistics demography

Jantjies earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 45.78% less than the national average, earning R 128,856 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
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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 Jantjies
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