Tshentu Surname

2,273,756th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 70 people bear this surname

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

Tshentu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tshentu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa671:808,62254,680
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
England11:55,718,059489,080

Tshentu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tshentu is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tshentu? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,273,756th most prevalent last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Tshentu reside; 96 percent reside in Southern Africa and 96 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 67 people, or 1 in 808,622. In South Africa Tshentu is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 85 percent reside, Western Cape, where 12 percent reside and Gauteng, where 3 percent reside. Excluding South Africa this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Ireland, where 1 percent reside and Austria, where 1 percent reside.

Tshentu Last Name Statistics demography

Tshentu earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 60.06% less than the national average, earning R 94,920 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tshientu931/
Tshintu861,994/
Tshantu868/
Tsentou865/
Tchentou8012/
Tchenteu802/
Tshinthu801/
Chentu77246/
Zhentu7710/
Tsintu774/
Tshint'ou751/
Tsantou7191/
Tsontou7128/
Tsentoe7113/
Tsintou7110/
Chentou716/
Chentouh67122/
Tchintou6732/
Zentu6715/
Centu6712/
Tchemtou671/
Chennttu671/

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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 Tshentu
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