Sontshaka Surname

2,075,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 82 people bear this surname

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

Sontshaka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sontshaka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa811:668,86148,796
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Sontshaka Last Name Facts

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

Sontshaka is most common in South Africa. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sontshaka? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,075,631st most frequent surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 88,872,511 people. Sontshaka occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Sontshaka live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most widely held in South Africa, where it is carried by 81 people, or 1 in 668,861. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Western Cape, where 44 percent are found, Eastern Cape, where 37 percent are found and Gauteng, where 17 percent are found. Apart from South Africa it is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Sontshaka Last Name Statistics demography

Sontshaka earn notably more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 15.79% more than the national average, earning R 275,160 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sontsaka943/
Somtshaka897/
Sontseka823/
Sontsakke781/
Sanchaka711/
Somtsoka711/
Suncaka63125/
Sancaka6346/
Zonzaka6327/
Sanchakkai631/
Sgountzakou601/
Shanzoka5940/
Zonzeka5074/
Sanzaki5013/
Jantšauskas501/

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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 Sontshaka
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