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 is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sethebe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sethebe is the 318,950th most frequently occurring family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 6,212,742 people. The surname Sethebe occurs predominantly 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 commonly held first name on earth, borne by 78 people.

It is most widespread in South Africa, where it is borne by 938 people, or 1 in 57,759. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Gauteng, where 41 percent live, Limpopo, where 35 percent live and North West, where 8 percent live. Outside of South Africa this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Botswana, where 20 percent live and Lesotho, where 0 percent live.

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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