Sontshebe Surname

1,994,173rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 88 people bear this surname

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

Sontshebe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sontshebe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa881:615,65646,403

Sontshebe Last Name Facts

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

Sontshebe has its highest incidence in South Africa. It can also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sontshebe? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,994,173rd most prevalent surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 82,813,022 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sontshebe are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequent in South Africa, where it is borne by 88 people, or 1 in 615,656. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Eastern Cape, where 64 percent are found, Western Cape, where 25 percent are found and Gauteng, where 8 percent are found.

Sontshebe Last Name Statistics demography

Sontshebe earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 63.34% less than the national average, earning R 87,120 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sonzebe751/
Sontsewa711/
Sanchebe711/
Sonzebi631/
Djontchibe631/
Santsevi591/
Sancheevi564/
Santsevich53390/
Santsevych5331/
Shantsevoi532/
Shantsevaya5013/
Shantsevich502/

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Sontshebe
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis