Nontenja Surname

899,940th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 297 people bear this surname

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

Nontenja Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nontenja Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2961:183,03320,025
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nontenja Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nontenja is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nontenja? popularity and diffusion

Nontenja is the 899,940th most frequent last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 24,537,192 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nontenja live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

It is most widespread in South Africa, where it is held by 296 people, or 1 in 183,033. In South Africa Nontenja is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 78 percent reside, Gauteng, where 15 percent reside and Western Cape, where 4 percent reside. Without taking into account South Africa this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Nontenja Last Name Statistics demography

Nontenja earn notably more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 16.37% more than the national average, earning R 276,540 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nonthenja941/
Nontenje8827/
Nontenia881/
Nantenza7595/
Nantanja751/
Nantensa751/
Nantenya751/
Nantanjja711/
Nantenge6318/
Nontonio631/
Nantenyo631/
Nantonnya591/
Namtenzad591/
Nantonya505/
Nantonjo501/

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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 Nontenja
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