Soetmelk Surname

1,235,409th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 188 people bear this surname

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

Soetmelk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Soetmelk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1561:347,29331,960
United States301:12,081,964463,456
England11:55,718,059489,080
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676

Soetmelk Last Name Facts

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

Soetmelk is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Soetmelk? popularity and diffusion

The last name Soetmelk is the 1,235,409th most widely held family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 38,763,542 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 84 percent of Soetmelk are found; 84 percent are found in Southern Africa and 84 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most widespread in South Africa, where it is borne by 156 people, or 1 in 347,293. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Northern Cape, where 36 percent are found, Gauteng, where 22 percent are found and Free State, where 21 percent are found. Excluding South Africa this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 16 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Soetmelk Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Soetmelk last name are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 100% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Soetmelk earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 48.7% less than the national average, earning R 121,908 per year and in United States they earn 64.27% more than the national average, earning $70,881 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zoetemelk82234/
Sötmelk8021/
Sodmelk800/
Stemelak755/
Seidmelk750/
Stamelaki7122/
Stamelako717/
Setamalek714/
Setumalik711/
Stamelakou6755/
Stemlak676/
Chaemlek50654/

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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 Soetmelk
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