Sentiwa Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

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

Sentiwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sentiwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa181:3,009,872112,058

Sentiwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sentiwa is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sentiwa? popularity and diffusion

Sentiwa is the 4,649,889th most widely held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sentiwa reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

Sentiwa is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is carried by 18 people, or 1 in 3,009,872. In South Africa Sentiwa is most frequent in: Western Cape, where 50 percent live, Eastern Cape, where 44 percent live and Gauteng, where 6 percent live.

Sentiwa Last Name Statistics demography

Sentiwa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 89.46% less than the national average, earning R 25,044 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sentiway931/
Sentiwe86632/
Sentiba86181/
Sentuwa8622/
Sentiva862/
Ssentiba80286/
Ssentuwa80121/
Sentuuwa802/
Sentieva802/
Jentiwat801/
Ssentuuwa7544/
Sentevaia752/
Sintiwe713/
Semtiwe711/
Zentiwe711/
Sintewa711/
Centywa711/
Gentiva711/
Zentiva711/
Sinthuwa67131/
Senteeva6774/
Gentuywa678/
Sentevoi675/
Sintivaz672/
Sinthewa671/
Sentayue671/
Sentiová671/
Sentioui671/
Sintibai671/
Chentiva671/

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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 Sentiwa
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