Sentso Surname

450,743rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 754 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Sentso Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sentso Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa5031:107,70912,978
Lesotho2491:8,1631,815
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
England11:55,718,059489,080

The alternate forms: Sentšo (19) are calculated separately.

Sentso (235) may also be a first name.

Sentso Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sentso occurs most in South Africa. It can be found as a variant: Sentšo. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sentso? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sentso is the 450,743rd most widespread surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,665,180 people. Sentso is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sentso are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 584,346th most commonly used first name at a global level It is held by 235 people.

It is most numerous in South Africa, where it is borne by 503 people, or 1 in 107,709. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Free State, where 46 percent reside, Gauteng, where 42 percent reside and Limpopo, where 5 percent reside. Other than South Africa this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Lesotho, where 33 percent reside and Belgium, where 0 percent reside.

Sentso Last Name Statistics demography

Sentso earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 36.54% less than the national average, earning R 150,804 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sentšo9419/
Sentsho922,485/
Sents'o92181/
Sent'so9237/
Senthso924/
Semtso836/
Sentsa833/
Gentsho7710/
Sentzas779/
Gentsou775/
Gentsos775/
Sentsha773/
Jentsoh772/
Chentso772/
Semtsou772/
Sintsho772/
Sientjo771/
Sentcho771/
Gentsoo771/
Centsho771/
Gentsoh770/
Senzo73373/
Senco7391/
Senço731/
Jentzsoh711/
Chentsop711/
Chentsho711/
Semtsouh711/
Seentzos711/
Sencio673,071/
Xentsa67169/
Cintso6787/
Sencho6781/
Sentja6725/
Sentza6725/
Zintso6711/
Gentsa679/
Zyntso677/
Symtso677/
Suenzo676/
Sintsa674/
Zentsa672/
Jentsa671/
Zemtso671/
Simtso671/

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Sentso
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis