Rantseli Surname

1,290,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 176 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Rantseli Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rantseli Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1011:536,41342,583
Lesotho721:28,2305,446
England21:27,859,030389,889
Iceland11:380,09011,096

The alternate forms: Rantšeli (4) & Rantséli (1) are calculated separately.

Rantseli Last Name Facts

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

Rantseli is found most frequently in South Africa. It can also be found as a variant: Rantšeli or Rantséli. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Rantseli? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,290,735th most widespread family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 41,406,511 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Rantseli are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Rantseli is most widely held in South Africa, where it is held by 101 people, or 1 in 536,413. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Gauteng, where 75 percent live, Free State, where 16 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 8 percent live. Without taking into account South Africa this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Lesotho, where 41 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Rantseli Last Name Statistics demography

Rantseli earn somewhat less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 11.04% less than the national average, earning R 211,392 per year.

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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 Rantseli
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