Nobantu Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

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

Nobantu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nobantu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa141:3,869,836127,494

Nobantu (9,089) may also be a first name.

Nobantu Last Name Facts

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

Nobantu is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nobantu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nobantu is the 5,213,395th most numerous surname on earth, held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nobantu reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 65,275th most commonly used first name at a global level, held by 9,089 people.

This last name is most numerous in South Africa, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 3,869,836. In South Africa Nobantu is most prevalent in: Western Cape, where 43 percent reside, Gauteng, where 21 percent reside and KwaZulu-Natal, where 14 percent reside.

Nobantu Last Name Statistics demography

Nobantu earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 67.02% less than the national average, earning R 78,384 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 Nobantu
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