Afrikaaner Surname

3,055,934th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 41 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Botswana
Highest density in:
Botswana

Afrikaaner Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Afrikaaner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Botswana281:78,10513,263
South Africa131:4,167,516132,322

Afrikaaner Last Name Facts

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

Afrikaaner is found most frequently in Botswana. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Afrikaaner? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,055,934th most frequently held surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 177,745,022 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Afrikaaner live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Afrikaaner is most frequently used in Botswana, where it is carried by 28 people, or 1 in 78,105. Apart from Botswana Afrikaaner occurs in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 32 percent reside.

Afrikaaner Last Name Statistics demography

Afrikaaner earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 55.23% less than the national average, earning R 106,380 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Afrikaner955,229/
Afrikanner903/
Afreikaner901/
Afrikane892/
Africaner846/
Afrikanie841/
Afrikana7849/
Afrikani7821/
Africaine74193/
Afrikhani741/
Afrikanych707/
Africani6772/
Africana6743/
Africany672/
Affricani63108/

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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 Afrikaaner
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