Sontaha Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Sontaha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 44 | 1:46,194 | 7,453 |
| South Africa | 26 | 1:2,083,758 | 92,464 |
Sontaha (272) may also be a first name.
Sontaha Demographics
Average Sontaha Salary in
South Africa
R 108,948
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Sontaha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sontaha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sontaha is more commonly found in Lesotho than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sontaha? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sontaha is the 2,273,756th most commonly held family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. The surname Sontaha occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sontaha reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Sontaha is also the 538,995th most commonly used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 272 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Lesotho, where it is held by 44 people, or 1 in 46,194. In Lesotho it is mostly found in: Leribe District, where 41 percent live, Berea District, where 39 percent live and Mokhotlong District, where 11 percent live. Without taking into account Lesotho Sontaha is found in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 37 percent live.
Sontaha Last Name Statistics demography
Sontaha earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 54.15% less than the national average, earning R 108,948 per year.
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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 Sontaha
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