Ntefe Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Ntefe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ntefe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Lesotho21:1,016,27921,693
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028

Ntefe (47) may also be a first name.

Ntefe Last Name Facts

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

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

How Common Is The Last Name Ntefe? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,812,366th most common surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Ntefe are found; 64 percent are found in Southern Africa and 64 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Ntefe is also the 1,467,136th most commonly occurring first name internationally It is held by 47 people.

This last name is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 10,835,541. In South Africa Ntefe is most numerous in: Gauteng, where 100 percent live. Not including South Africa this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 18 percent live and Lesotho, where 18 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ntefeh914/
N'Tefe911/
Nteffe911/
Ntefet911/
Ntef895/
Nteifeh83242/
Nteff8086/
Ntafe8054/
Ntefa805/
Ntefi805/
Nteew801/
Ntofe801/
Ntephe7338/
Ntafeh7324/
Nthefi7311/
N'Tefi738/
Nteffi736/
N'Tefy736/
Nthafe732/
Nteejw731/
Ntephea675/
Ntev672/
Nteb672/
Ntjf671/
Ntaffeu671/
N'Teffi671/

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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 Ntefe
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