Ketsiwe Surname

546,987th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 585 people bear this surname

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

Ketsiwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ketsiwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa5851:92,61111,328

Ketsiwe (10) may also be a first name.

Ketsiwe Last Name Facts

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

Ketsiwe is found most frequently in South Africa. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ketsiwe? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 546,987th most frequently used last name globally, borne by around 1 in 12,457,343 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ketsiwe live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently occurring given name on earth, borne by 10 people.

This surname is most common in South Africa, where it is borne by 585 people, or 1 in 92,611. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Eastern Cape, where 67 percent live, Gauteng, where 11 percent live and Western Cape, where 11 percent live.

Ketsiwe Last Name Statistics demography

Ketsiwe earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 44.92% less than the national average, earning R 130,896 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Khetsiwe93163/
Ketshiwe932/
Koetsiwe931/
Keitsiwe931/
Ketsiw924/
Khetshiwe885/
Khethsiwe881/
Kitsiwe862/
Kotsiwe861/
Ketsive861/
Koitsiwe80599/
Katshiwe8078/
Kitshiwe804/
Khotsiwe801/
Kaitsiwe801/
Khatsiwe801/
Keitsewe801/
Keziwe771/
Khatshiwe7597/
Katsewe711/
Gqatsiwe6723/
Koitsewe6723/
Kitsieva6715/
Koitsiwi672/
Katshive671/
Koetsewi671/

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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 Ketsiwe
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