Witbooi Surname

21,967th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24,758 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Namibia

Witbooi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Witbooi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa23,3741:2,318290
Namibia1,2951:1,861267
England461:1,211,26256,182
Botswana171:128,64318,229
Australia131:2,076,59293,242
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Witbooi (226) may also be a first name.

Witbooi Last Name Facts

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

Witbooi is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Witbooi click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Witbooi? popularity and diffusion

The surname Witbooi is the 21,967th most frequent last name on earth, held by around 1 in 294,351 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Witbooi are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 598,137th most prevalent first name globally It is held by 226 people.

Witbooi is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 23,374 people, or 1 in 2,318. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Western Cape, where 42 percent live, Eastern Cape, where 26 percent live and Northern Cape, where 15 percent live. Beside South Africa this surname is found in 17 countries. It is also found in Namibia, where 5 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Witbooi Last Name Statistics demography

Witbooi earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 41.02% less than the national average, earning R 140,148 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Whitbooi933/
Wietbooi931/
Witbooie931/
Wetbooi8651/
Vitbooi864/
Vetbooi71101/
Wijtboer671/
Veetbooi671/
Weijtboer6316/
Wytboer571/
Westboe571/
Weytboer531/

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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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  • 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 Witbooi
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