Sontsele Surname

411,457th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 848 people bear this surname

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

Sontsele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sontsele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa8461:64,0408,051
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Sontsele Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sontsele is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sontsele? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 411,457th most commonly used last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 8,593,804 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sontsele live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

Sontsele is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is held by 846 people, or 1 in 64,040. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Eastern Cape, where 74 percent are found, KwaZulu-Natal, where 14 percent are found and Gauteng, where 6 percent are found. Beside South Africa this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Sontsele Last Name Statistics demography

Sontsele earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 41.17% less than the national average, earning R 139,812 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sontshele941/
Sontsela885/
Santsele882/
Somtsele881/
Somtshele822/
Sontshela821/
Sonceley7514/
Somtseli753/
Somtsheli711/
Soncela6775/
Sonzale6734/
Sanzele6727/

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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 Sontsele
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