Sethunya Surname

177,544th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,409 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Sethunya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sethunya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,6171:33,5054,281
Lesotho4351:4,673932
Botswana3531:6,1951,016
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
Iceland11:380,09011,096
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Sethunya (1,685) may also be a first name.

Sethunya Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sethunya is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Sethunya click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sethunya? popularity and diffusion

It is the 177,544th most frequently used surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 3,025,133 people. The surname Sethunya occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sethunya reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 187,449th most commonly held first name internationally, borne by 1,685 people.

Sethunya is most numerous in South Africa, where it is borne by 1,617 people, or 1 in 33,505. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Free State, where 54 percent reside, North West, where 20 percent reside and Gauteng, where 19 percent reside. Not including South Africa this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Lesotho, where 18 percent reside and Botswana, where 15 percent reside.

Sethunya Last Name Statistics demography

Sethunya earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 49.96% less than the national average, earning R 118,920 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sithunya8815/
Sethunja881/
Sethonya881/
Seithunyo821/
Situnya8010/
Sithonya759/
Cithunya751/
Shitunya751/
Zeytunya751/
Chithunya714/
Sitonya67224/
Setonia672/
Sytonya672/
Situnha671/
Zeitunia635/
Saitunyo631/
Shetonia631/
Zetounia631/
Sitonia5329/
Sitonha533/
Zaitunia50186/
Zitounia502/
Zeitunio501/
Saytonia501/

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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 Sethunya
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