Tsetse Surname

172,362nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,496 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Togo

Tsetse Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tsetse Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,1751:46,1095,883
Togo6301:11,5042,968
Ghana2771:97,5489,187
Botswana1881:11,6332,210
Cameroon601:346,15131,109
DR Congo481:1,539,15886,567
Zimbabwe351:441,09338,294
Nigeria261:6,813,183158,601
Solomon Islands221:26,3655,164
Lesotho141:145,18312,726
Kenya111:4,198,17341,178
Congo41:1,247,27420,238
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
England11:55,718,059489,080
Greece11:11,079,790145,225

Tsetse (826) may also be a first name.

Tsetse Last Name Facts

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

Tsetse (Georgian: ცეცე, Russian: Цеце, Tibetan: རྕི་རྕི།) is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Tsetse? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 172,362nd most numerous family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 2,919,690 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Tsetse reside; 57 percent reside in Southern Africa and 57 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Tsetse is also the 284,203rd most commonly held given name globally, borne by 826 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 1,175 people, or 1 in 46,109. In South Africa it is most common in: North West, where 54 percent live, Eastern Cape, where 20 percent live and Gauteng, where 15 percent live. Aside from South Africa this surname occurs in 14 countries. It is also found in Togo, where 25 percent live and Ghana, where 11 percent live.

Tsetse Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Tsetse surname is principally Muslim (50%) in Kenya.

Tsetse earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 56.77% less than the national average, earning R 102,720 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tseetse92142/
Tsetsei9231/
Tsetser9215/
Tsetsee924/
Tshetse923/
Tsietse922/
Tsetsea921/
Tsetseh921/
Tsetses921/
Tsetshe921/
Tsese91430/
Tsetsgee861,053/
Tshetshe86328/
Tseatsea8615/
Ts'ets'e8614/
Tseetsee865/
Ts'eetse865/
Tsietsie862/
Tseitsei861/
Ts'ese83239/
Tsetsa8398/
Tsetsi8353/
Tseyts8324/
T'Sese8324/
Tseise8320/
Tseese8312/
Tshese836/
Tsiese835/
Tse'se834/
Tseits834/
Tsesse834/
Tsease832/
Tsetsy831/
Tseser831/
Tsiets831/
Tses80462/
Ts'eets'e8037/
Ts'ets'ei8011/
Stshetshe805/
T'Seet'se801/
T'Set'sei801/
Tseitseis801/
Tsietsi771,059/
Tsetsis7779/
Tshiese7721/
Scetshe7716/
Tshetsi7715/
Tseytst779/
Tseetsa777/
Tsatsie776/
Tsotsie774/
Tsessie774/
Tseitsi774/
Tšeetse773/
Tsheise772/
Tsoetsi772/
Tseusie772/
Tsiesse772/
Tsesher771/
Tsetsaa771/
Tsesser771/
Tsitsie771/
Ts'eese771/
Tsesseu771/
Tsetche771/
Tseuseu771/
Tseetsi771/
Tseetše771/
Tshease771/
Tsehese771/
Tshietshie7555/
Tschetsche7512/
Tsetsehova7512/
Ts'eets'ee753/
Tsyts73114/
Tseas7354/
Tsits7344/
Tseys7341/
Tseze7318/
Tsesa737/
Tsess735/
Zetse733/
Tseis733/
Csets732/
Scets731/
Tsies731/
Tsetz731/
Tsése731/
Tsest731/
Tshetsha711,089/
Tseussie7156/
Tsetsova7130/
Tshotshe7119/
Tshetshi718/
Ts'eetsa715/
Tshatshe713/
Ts'ietsi712/
Tshitshe711/
Tsitsihe711/
Tsiestsi711/
Tsettssh711/
Tshethsa711/
Tsatsi676,371/
Tsitsi673,843/
Tseisi671,014/
Tsotsi67896/
Tsisse67632/
Tsitsa67545/
Tseisa67249/
Tsesaa67241/
Chetse67176/
Tsytsa67151/
Tsesis67147/
Tschesche67123/
Tshesa6755/
Tjetje6752/
Zietse6748/
Tshietshi6741/
Tsezee6732/
Tsedze6729/
Tsayts6721/
Tsessi6718/
Cetshe6716/
Sceets6710/
Csecse679/
Tsesys678/
Tsiser677/
Tshise677/
Tschetsch677/
Tseche676/
Tsieze676/
Tsheze675/
Tsesha674/
Tshesh674/
Dzetse672/
Zetsie672/
Tseusi672/
Tsessa672/
Scetsh672/
Tsaits671/
Tsisey671/
Tsotsy671/
Tsezeu671/
Tshiesseu671/
Tscheitscher671/
Tsytsy671/
Tsehsy671/
Tsyots671/
Csesse670/

Tsetse Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tsetse in the Georgian language
ცეცეtsetse-
Tsetse in the Tibetan language
རྕི་རྕི།rchirchi50
རྩི་རྩི་tsitsi50
Tsetse in the Russian language
Цецеcece-

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Tsetse
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