Ntlema Surname

786,896th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 359 people bear this surname

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

Ntlema Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ntlema Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3581:151,33417,161
Iceland11:380,09011,096

Ntlema Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ntlema is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ntlema? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 786,896th most commonly used last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 20,299,571 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ntlema are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is held by 358 people, or 1 in 151,334. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Gauteng, where 54 percent live, Limpopo, where 31 percent live and Mpumalanga, where 8 percent live. Aside from South Africa Ntlema is found in one country. It is also common in Iceland, where 0 percent live.

Ntlema Last Name Statistics demography

Ntlema earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 39.61% less than the national average, earning R 143,508 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ntlama831,133/
Ntlemo831,108/
Ntleme833/
Ntlhoma7752/
Ntlhemo7727/
Nthloma774/
Ntelmas771/
Ntlhama771/
Nthlemo771/
Hntlemo771/
Ntlemez771/
Ntlme734/
Ntlamo6759/
Ntlomo674/
Ntilme671/
Ntlhamo6245/
Nthlamo622/
Ntlhomo621/

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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 Ntlema
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