Rantwa Surname

1,882,912th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 97 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Rantwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rantwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa521:1,041,87963,251
Botswana441:49,7039,263
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220

Rantwa (101) may also be a first name.

Rantwa Last Name Facts

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

Rantwa is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rantwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,882,912th most frequently used last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 75,129,339 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Rantwa are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Rantwa is also the 940,641st most widely held first name throughout the world, held by 101 people.

This last name is most numerous in South Africa, where it is carried by 52 people, or 1 in 1,041,879. In South Africa Rantwa is most numerous in: North West, where 77 percent are found and Gauteng, where 23 percent are found. Not including South Africa this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 45 percent are found and Pakistan, where 1 percent are found.

Rantwa Last Name Statistics demography

Rantwa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 71.37% less than the national average, earning R 68,028 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rantua8347/
Randwa8311/
Rantwe832/
Randhwa77126/
Rauntua7738/
Randwah772/
Rahndwa771/
Randwaa771/
Randhwah712/
Randwaha712/
Randhwaa711/
Randhway711/
Randua6744/
Randva6716/
Randwe672/
Rantuo671/
Rantue671/
Randwo671/

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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 Rantwa
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