Sentle Surname

370,091st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 971 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Sentle Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sentle Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa5941:91,20811,167
Botswana2101:10,4141,941
Lesotho981:20,7404,299
United States641:5,663,421279,165
England21:27,859,030389,889
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Sentle (947) may also be a first name.

Sentle Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sentle occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sentle? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sentle is the 370,091st most commonly used surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 7,505,197 people. The last name Sentle occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Sentle reside; 93 percent reside in Southern Africa and 93 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 262,555th most numerous first name internationally. It is borne by 947 people.

The surname Sentle is most widespread in South Africa, where it is held by 594 people, or 1 in 91,208. In South Africa Sentle is most prevalent in: Gauteng, where 58 percent live, North West, where 21 percent live and Free State, where 9 percent live. Outside of South Africa this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Botswana, where 22 percent live and Lesotho, where 10 percent live.

Sentle Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Sentle has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Sentle surname expanded 640 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Sentle Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Sentle last name are 2.33% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 55.56% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Sentle earn in different countries varies marginally. In South Africa they earn 17.48% less than the national average, earning R 196,092 per year and in United States they earn 17.92% less than the national average, earning $35,416 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
  • 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 Sentle
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