Sethwane Surname

2,061,309th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 83 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Sethwane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sethwane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa831:652,74348,091

Sethwane (11) may also be a first name.

Sethwane Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sethwane is found most frequently in South Africa. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sethwane? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,061,309th most commonly held family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 87,801,758 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sethwane reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Sethwane is also the 3,487,849th most frequently used first name on earth, borne by 11 people.

The last name Sethwane is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is carried by 83 people, or 1 in 652,743. In South Africa Sethwane is most common in: Mpumalanga, where 36 percent are found, Gauteng, where 33 percent are found and Limpopo, where 29 percent are found.

Sethwane Last Name Statistics demography

Sethwane earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 68.79% less than the national average, earning R 74,160 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Setwane934/
Sathwane88244/
Sothwane8877/
Sethwana8873/
Sithwane8812/
Setwhane881/
Jethwaney8220/
Shathwane821/
Sitwane8074/
Sotwane8033/
Setwana8019/
Shetwan8018/
Satwane804/
Sedwane801/
Seetwan801/
Jethwani751,940/
Zothwane7530/
Setwanna7515/
Jethwany758/
Sadhwane752/
Sithwana751/
Zithwane751/
Sitwan711,287/
Sedwan7165/
Sidhwaney7123/
Jeethwani717/
Sitwayene711/
Cheithwan711/
Seatwanna711/
Sitwana67522/
Jetwani67288/
Setwong67101/
Zotwane6739/
Shidwan6726/
Sitwangnet6713/
Chetwan6713/
Seduane679/
Sidhwan676/
Seatuan676/
Sitwani675/
Setuang674/
Zitwane672/
Seetuan672/
Sithuan671/
Sedwana671/
Zetwana671/
Scheidwane670/

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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
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  • 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 Sethwane
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