Venter is used as a family name or surname in South Africa. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Venter
No. of characters: 6
Origin: South Africa
Meaning: Worn in the Meuse and Belgium should be the Dutch "venter" (= peddler).

How popular is Venter?

Venter is common in South Africa.

Venter is ranked 2854 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Venters grew by 15.57522 per cent to 653 since 2000 and ranked 34618 after elevating 2527 spots. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 86.98 82.48
Black 8.42 9.2
Others 1.84 5.31
Hispanic or Latino 1.23 0.88
Venter is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in South Africa which signifies that it is originated from South Africa. Around 192903 people have been found who wears Venter as their family name. Venter is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
275,830 Ukraine8
1,411 Democratic Republic of The Congo6
95,557 Czech Republic6
23,739 Nigeria5
8,438 China5
2,306 Angola4
2,011 South Korea4
1,295 Papua New Guinea4
2,537 Afghanistan4
764 Lesotho4
32,086 Mexico3
35,184 Poland3
1,219,338 India3
5,909 Bangladesh3
16,605 Austria3
30,723 Georgia3
108,034 Italy3
21,529 Singapore2
26,532 Chile2
54,135 Philippines2
18,718 Thailand2
1,848 Madagascar2
5,630 Northern Ireland2
26,123 Malaysia2
31,584 Peru1
53,505 Turkey1
799 British Virgin Islands1
2,374 Bermuda1
810,193 Indonesia1
2,190 Barbados1
24,771 Colombia1
7,292 Vietnam1
12,270 Lebanon1
16,283 Lithuania1
28,365 Kenya1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
8,268 Mauritius1
8,859 Iraq1
42,479 Greece1
11,510 Oman1
3,307 Malta1
2,715 Gabon1
25,746 Finland1
11,486 Estonia1
971 Seychelles1
1,179 Swaziland1
25,721 Egypt1
49,101 Denmark1
2,505 Congo1
17,575 Kuwait1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
3,004 Bahrain49
6,284 Ireland49
20,906 Israel47
37,591 Belgium37
28,564 Switzerland36
65,136 Spain25
3,830 Luxembourg20
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
17,460 Zimbabwe97
2,516 Hong Kong95
27,739 Netherlands89
159,687 Russia62
Countries with hundreds of Venter:
1,984 Zambia903
12,572 Germany807
3,931 Australia772
4,483 Ghana639
3,961 Romania605
24,415 Brazil509
2,458 United Arab Emirates420
1,794 New Zealand419
972 Taiwan348
9,426 Saudi Arabia346
1,581 Botswana251
2,934 Scotland223
17,171 Canada213
26,800 Argentina194
66,174 France147
8,668 Hungary131
3,094 Wales124
2,116 Qatar117
33,673 Tanzania109
Countries with thousands of Venter:
1,018 Mozambique3,439
2,812 England2,775
81 Namibia2,645
26,071 United States1,174
Countries with hundred thousands of Venter:
12 South Africa174,876
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Venter Namesakes

  • Amie Venter, Politician
  • Brendan Venter, Coach
  • Craig Venter, Geneticist
  • Grove Venter, Cricket Player
  • Robbie Venter, Tennis Player
  • Dora Venter, Pornographic film actress
  • Eben Venter, Author
  • Robbie Venter, Tennis Player
  • Craig Venter, Geneticist
  • Ewan Venters, Executive
  • In 2014, Cobus Venter portrayed the role of Henco van Staden in drama movie Born to Win.

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