Where Does The Last Name Venter Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Venter (Arabic: فينتر, Georgian: ვენტერ, Russian: Вентер) has its highest incidence in South Africa. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Venter? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname Venter is the 6,092^nd most frequent family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 78,495 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Venter live; 92 percent live in Southern Africa and 86 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 569,299^th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 246 people.

The surname is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is held by 78,988 people, or 1 in 686. In South Africa it is most common in: Gauteng, where 37 percent are found, Limpopo, where 10 percent are found and Mpumalanga, where 10 percent are found. Apart from South Africa this last name occurs in 93 countries. It is also found in Mozambique, where 7 percent are found and Romania, where 1 percent are found.

Venter Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Venter has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Venter last name rose 926 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 3,367 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 3,400 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Venter Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Venter surname is chiefly Orthodox (75%) in Russia.

In The United States those holding the Venter surname are 12.08% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 58.85% registered with the party.

The amount Venter earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 82.23% more than the national average, earning R 433,056 per year; in United States they earn 12.54% more than the national average, earning $48,558 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.49% more than the national average, earning $58,371 CAD per year.