Rantsebe Surname

1,589,322nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 128 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Rantsebe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rantsebe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho1141:17,8293,803
South Africa141:3,869,836127,494

Rantsebe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Rantsebe has its highest incidence in Lesotho. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Rantsebe? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,589,322nd most common surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 56,933,952 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Rantsebe reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most common in Lesotho, where it is held by 114 people, or 1 in 17,829. In Lesotho Rantsebe is primarily found in: Berea District, where 88 percent live, Maseru District, where 7 percent live and Mafeteng District, where 4 percent live. Not including Lesotho it is found in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 11 percent live.

Rantsebe Last Name Statistics demography

Rantsebe earn somewhat more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 5.82% more than the national average, earning R 251,460 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rantsoebe946/
Ramtsebe881/
Rantshobe8225/
Ranchebe75192/
Rantsevoa711/
Rantsevich67338/
Rantsevych6710/
Ranchebi631/
Rontsevych563/
Rontsevich561/
Rancibai501/
Randziba501/

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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 Rantsebe
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