Setume Surname

799,576th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 351 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Botswana
Highest density in:
Botswana

Setume Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Setume Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Botswana3361:6,5091,087
South Africa121:4,514,809137,638
England21:27,859,030389,889
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Setume (30) may also be a first name.

Setume Last Name Facts

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

The last name Setume is found most frequently in Botswana. It can be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Setume? popularity and diffusion

Setume is the 799,576th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 20,762,239 people. Setume is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Setume live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,911,214th most commonly occurring given name internationally, borne by 30 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Botswana, where it is borne by 336 people, or 1 in 6,509. Other than Botswana it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 3 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Setume Last Name Statistics demography

Setume earn significantly more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 28.16% more than the national average, earning R 304,560 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ssetume924/
Setum91109/
Seytumer869/
Seitumer861/
Setime83171/
Setome83131/
Sotume8316/
Settum8312/
Seteum838/
Situme836/
Setuma834/
Shetum834/
Satume834/
Setumi832/
Zetume832/
Seetum831/
Sethum831/
Seitum831/
Getume831/
Settime7795/
Sathume7767/
Setoumi7757/
Shettum7726/
Zetumer7713/
Situmea7710/
Sethuim774/
Shetuma773/
Sheytum773/
Sethaum773/
Sethoum772/
Ssetuma772/
Setouma772/
Sethome771/
Setumma771/
Seetome771/
Seethum771/
Soitume771/
Sethumi771/
Setomey771/
Satueme771/
Chetume771/
Seatime771/
Sethuma771/
Schetum770/
Situm73331/
Zetum7336/
Setom739/
Cetum731/
Ssettuma718/
Shettime717/
Seetumma712/
Seetomee712/
Ssetuuma712/
Seethome711/
Shettuma711/
Saytumeh711/
Shoetime711/
Situma6712,502/
Chetum671,125/
Sethom67218/
Zetome67161/
Satumi67131/
Sithum6756/
Setimi6755/
Saitum6751/
Sitime6733/
Setomi6733/
Sitome6731/
Zeitum6722/
Suitum6720/
Satime679/
Shitum674/
Setoma674/
Ssettuuma673/
Sitoum673/
Settom672/
Jetumi672/
Seethumma672/
Sittum672/
Seatom671/
Situim671/
Schettime671/
Zitume671/
Zetumi671/
Sotime671/
Setomy671/
Gitume671/
Ceytum671/
Zatume671/
Seethomee671/

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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 Setume
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