Afrikaner Surname
Approximately 5,229 people bear this surname
Afrikaner Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 3,120 | 1:17,365 | 2,184 |
| Namibia | 2,061 | 1:1,169 | 147 |
| Botswana | 44 | 1:49,703 | 9,263 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Afrikaner Demographics
Average Afrikaner Salary in
South Africa
R 99,612
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Afrikaner Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afrikaner Come From? nationality or country of origin
Afrikaner is most common in South Africa. It can be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Afrikaner? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 91,538th most frequently occurring surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 1,393,679 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Afrikaner live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is carried by 3,120 people, or 1 in 17,365. In South Africa Afrikaner is mostly found in: Western Cape, where 53 percent reside, Northern Cape, where 26 percent reside and Eastern Cape, where 10 percent reside. Not including South Africa this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Namibia, where 39 percent reside and Botswana, where 1 percent reside.
Afrikaner Last Name Statistics demography
Afrikaner earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 58.08% less than the national average, earning R 99,612 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaaner | 95 | 41 | / |
| Afrikanner | 95 | 3 | / |
| Afreikaner | 95 | 1 | / |
| Africaner | 89 | 6 | / |
| Afirkaner | 89 | 1 | / |
| Ou Afrikaner | 86 | 1 | / |
| Afracaner | 78 | 0 | / |
| Óvári-Wagner | 57 | 1 | / |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Afrikaner
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