Nteo Surname

239,054th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,676 people bear this surname

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

Nteo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nteo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,6451:32,9354,221
Lesotho181:112,92011,579
Indonesia111:12,022,654410,938
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Nteo (178) may also be a first name.

Nteo Last Name Facts

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

Nteo is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nteo? popularity and diffusion

It is the 239,054th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 4,348,178 people. The last name Nteo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nteo live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Nteo is also the 683,417th most commonly held first name at a global level. It is borne by 178 people.

This last name is most frequent in South Africa, where it is held by 1,645 people, or 1 in 32,935. In South Africa Nteo is most prevalent in: Free State, where 45 percent are found, Gauteng, where 25 percent are found and North West, where 22 percent are found. Outside of South Africa this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Lesotho, where 1 percent are found and Indonesia, where 1 percent are found.

Nteo Last Name Statistics demography

Nteo earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 34.98% less than the national average, earning R 154,512 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nteeo8955/
Nteho894/
Ntheo892/
Ntieo891/
N'Theo8027/
N'Teho805/
Ntehou803/
Nteiyo803/
Ntea7571/
Ntyo7567/
Ntio7535/
N'Tehou7335/
N'Teouh731/
Ntiea67120/
Ntios6743/
Ntyoo6721/
Nthio6719/
N'Tio6710/
Ntjio678/
Ntiho673/
Ntioh672/
Nteha671/
Ntjop671/
Ntjoo671/
Ntiae671/

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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 Nteo
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