Ntese Surname

701,000th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 420 people bear this surname

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

Ntese Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ntese Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1821:297,68028,740
Nigeria1771:1,000,80742,311
DR Congo551:1,343,26579,223
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250

Ntese (43) may also be a first name.

Ntese Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ntese is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ntese? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 701,000th most commonly occurring surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 17,351,300 people. Ntese occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ntese are found; 44 percent are found in Southern Africa and 44 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Ntese is also the 1,545,828th most frequently held first name in the world. It is borne by 43 people.

This surname is most numerous in South Africa, where it is borne by 182 people, or 1 in 297,680. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Western Cape, where 45 percent reside, Eastern Cape, where 29 percent reside and Gauteng, where 15 percent reside. Excluding South Africa Ntese is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 42 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 13 percent reside.

Ntese Last Name Statistics demography

Ntese earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 27.16% less than the national average, earning R 173,100 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Ntehsi731/
Ntoseh731/
Ntetsh731/
N'Tedje6755/
Ntetshi6727/
Ntetsis6721/
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Ntez673/
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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
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  • 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 Ntese
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