Sobantu Surname
Approximately 1,214 people bear this surname
Sobantu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 1,125 | 1:48,158 | 6,140 |
| Zimbabwe | 86 | 1:179,514 | 21,615 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Sobantu (853) may also be a first name.
Sobantu Demographics
Average Sobantu Salary in
South Africa
R 173,772
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Sobantu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sobantu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sobantu is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sobantu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 310,357th most frequently held surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 6,002,921 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sobantu live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Sobantu is also the 279,019th most frequently used first name at a global level It is held by 853 people.
This last name is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 1,125 people, or 1 in 48,158. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Eastern Cape, where 57 percent are found, Gauteng, where 17 percent are found and Western Cape, where 11 percent are found. Aside from South Africa Sobantu exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 7 percent are found and Australia, where 0 percent are found.
Sobantu Last Name Statistics demography
Sobantu earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 26.88% less than the national average, earning R 173,772 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sobantuh | 93 | 1 | / |
| Sabantu | 86 | 162 | / |
| Sebantu | 86 | 77 | / |
| Subantu | 86 | 39 | / |
| Shabantu | 80 | 706 | / |
| Siabantu | 80 | 41 | / |
| Ssebantu | 80 | 14 | / |
| Sabanthu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sabanttu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Subanthu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sabhantu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Shabantou | 75 | 1 | / |
| Shabanthu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Savantu | 71 | 43 | / |
| Zabantu | 71 | 29 | / |
| Jabantu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Savanthu | 67 | 5 | / |
| Savantau | 67 | 4 | / |
| Djoubaintou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Chabantu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sawantou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shavantu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Savontaus | 63 | 19 | / |
| Zabantout | 63 | 1 | / |
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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 Sobantu
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