Sethebe Surname

318,950th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,173 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Sethebe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sethebe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa9381:57,7597,319
Botswana2321:9,4261,714
Lesotho31:677,51919,546

Sethebe (78) may also be a first name.

Sethebe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sethebe occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sethebe? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 318,950th most prevalent last name globally, held by around 1 in 6,212,742 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sethebe reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,091,646th most widespread first name on earth, borne by 78 people.

Sethebe is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 938 people, or 1 in 57,759. In South Africa Sethebe is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 41 percent reside, Limpopo, where 35 percent reside and North West, where 8 percent reside. Outside of South Africa this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 20 percent reside and Lesotho, where 0 percent reside.

Sethebe Last Name Statistics demography

Sethebe earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 52.96% less than the national average, earning R 111,792 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Setebe92576/
Sithebe869,764/
Sethibe861,417/
Sethabe8642/
Settebe8611/
Sathebe861/
Sethjbe861/
Setheba861/
Sithebei801/
Sethobei801/
Sitebe77358/
Setibe7780/
Seteba7727/
Setobe778/
Satebe772/
Zetebe771/
Setebi771/
Sethiba71102/
Sethibi7148/
Sotheby7128/
Sithibe7115/
Setempe7113/
Sethabi719/
Sithobe714/
Shatebe714/
Seteves713/
Zithebe713/
Shitebe713/
Sheteba712/
Sitheba712/
Sithabe712/
Shetewe712/
Chetebe711/
Sietobe711/
Shetabe711/
Setewey711/
Setewei711/
Sithebi711/
Sihtebe711/
Zetebeu711/
Seteeva711/
Soetebi711/
Djetebe711/
Sithewet6732/
Sheteeva6715/
Setthabi6714/
Seyteeva677/
Zeutebeu673/
Cisteber673/
Shetabhe672/
Sheteewi671/
Sötebehr671/
Sethhabi671/
Sethojwe671/
Sethobai671/
Sethabhi671/
Cestebes671/
Shetewey671/

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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 Sethebe
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