Ranteso Surname
Approximately 86 people bear this surname
Ranteso Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 85 | 1:23,912 | 4,831 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Ranteso (11) may also be a first name.
Ranteso Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ranteso Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ranteso is most common in Lesotho. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ranteso? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ranteso is the 2,020,555th most common family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 84,738,906 people. The last name Ranteso is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ranteso live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most commonly held forename globally It is held by 11 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Lesotho, where it is held by 85 people, or 1 in 23,912. In Lesotho Ranteso is most prevalent in: Berea District, where 59 percent live, Butha-Buthe District, where 29 percent live and Leribe District, where 6 percent live. Aside from Lesotho this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rantesoa | 93 | 2 | / |
| Rantoso | 86 | 10 | / |
| Rantiso | 86 | 1 | / |
| Reantaso | 80 | 883 | / |
| Rantasuo | 80 | 98 | / |
| Rantesau | 80 | 18 | / |
| Rantaiso | 80 | 10 | / |
| Ranthoso | 80 | 6 | / |
| Reantoso | 80 | 2 | / |
| Rantasa | 71 | 26 | / |
| Rantoza | 71 | 6 | / |
| Rantoša | 71 | 5 | / |
| Ranteja | 71 | 1 | / |
| Reantazo | 67 | 189 | / |
| Rantisah | 67 | 34 | / |
| Rantasha | 67 | 25 | / |
| Rantitsa | 67 | 9 | / |
| Rantezau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rantosha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rontesia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rantazzo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Rantitsas | 63 | 16 | / |
| Rantascha | 63 | 9 | / |
| Ranteecha | 63 | 1 | / |
| Rantaša | 57 | 246 | / |
| Rantica | 57 | 100 | / |
| Rontecha | 53 | 1 | / |
| Rontisha | 53 | 0 | / |
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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 Ranteso
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