Nortje Surname
Approximately 12,962 people bear this surname
Nortje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 12,476 | 1:4,343 | 557 |
| England | 141 | 1:395,164 | 27,358 |
| New Zealand | 72 | 1:62,893 | 9,679 |
| Australia | 69 | 1:391,242 | 31,907 |
| Namibia | 38 | 1:63,405 | 7,039 |
| United Arab Emirates | 36 | 1:254,508 | 17,423 |
| United States | 18 | 1:20,136,607 | 622,629 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Germany | 12 | 1:6,708,788 | 223,026 |
| Mozambique | 9 | 1:3,029,063 | 2,946 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Taiwan | 7 | 1:3,349,249 | 20,155 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 1:5,146,080 | 115,446 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
The alternate forms: Nortjé (2,034), Nortjè (10) & Nortjë (2) are calculated separately.
Nortje (1,515) may also be a first name.
Nortje Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
See Nortier.
User-submitted Reference
Nortje is a French surname. Other spelling of the surname is Nourtier.
- nortjesouthafricaNortje Demographics
Average Nortje Salary in
United States
$13,357 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Nortje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nortje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nortje is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Nortjé, Nortjè or Nortjë. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nortje? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nortje is the 40,437th most frequently occurring last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 562,224 people. The surname Nortje occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Nortje are found; 97 percent are found in Southern Africa and 97 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 199,542nd most commonly held first name at a global level It is held by 1,515 people.
It is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 12,476 people, or 1 in 4,343. In South Africa Nortje is mostly found in: Gauteng, where 34 percent live, Western Cape, where 17 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 9 percent live. Other than South Africa this surname exists in 40 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent live and New Zealand, where 1 percent live.
Nortje Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Nortje earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 65.18% more than the national average, earning R 392,532 per year; in United States they earn 69.04% less than the national average, earning $13,357 USD per year and in Canada they earn 45.78% less than the national average, earning $26,938 CAD per year.
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Footnotes
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