Rensburg Surname

159,055th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,744 people bear this surname

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

Rensburg Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rensburg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2,3731:22,8312,902
England791:705,29239,851
Zimbabwe741:208,62523,867
United States421:8,629,975373,648
Australia261:1,038,29659,744
New Zealand241:188,68019,801
Canada201:1,842,280119,096
Mozambique161:1,703,8482,274
Namibia141:172,1009,625
Germany121:6,708,788223,026
Netherlands111:1,535,19878,311
Israel81:1,069,70462,476
Scotland61:892,30328,047
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Swaziland41:324,550996
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Rensburg (174) may also be a first name.

Rensburg Last Name Facts

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

The last name Rensburg is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Rensburg.

How Common Is The Last Name Rensburg? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 159,055th most numerous family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 2,655,811 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Rensburg are found; 91 percent are found in Southern Africa and 90 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 692,220th most frequently held first name worldwide, held by 174 people.

The last name Rensburg is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is borne by 2,373 people, or 1 in 22,831. In South Africa Rensburg is primarily found in: Gauteng, where 35 percent live, Eastern Cape, where 28 percent live and Western Cape, where 21 percent live. Without taking into account South Africa this surname exists in 34 countries. It is also found in England, where 3 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 3 percent live.

Rensburg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Rensburg has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname grew 1,975 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it grew 840 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Rensburg Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Rensburg surname are 38.94% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 85.71% being registered with the party.

The amount Rensburg earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 8.67% more than the national average, earning R 258,252 per year and in United States they earn 26.49% less than the national average, earning $31,717 USD 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
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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 Rensburg
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