Balekane Surname
Approximately 46 people bear this surname
Balekane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Lesotho | 3 | 1:677,519 | 19,546 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Balekane (280) may also be a first name.
Balekane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Balekane Come From? nationality or country of origin
Balekane occurs in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Balekane? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,876,555th most widely held surname in the world, held by around 1 in 158,424,911 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Balekane reside; 89 percent reside in Central Africa and 89 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Balekane is also the 530,161st most commonly held first name in the world, held by 280 people.
The last name is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is held by 41 people, or 1 in 1,801,941. Besides The DR Congo it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Lesotho, where 7 percent are found and Botswana, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Balekane
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