Boranta Surname
Approximately 55 people bear this surname
Boranta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 51 | 1:39,854 | 6,821 |
| Greece | 3 | 1:3,693,263 | 126,191 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Boranta (52) may also be a first name.
Boranta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boranta Come From? nationality or country of origin
Boranta is borne by more people in Lesotho than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Boranta? popularity and diffusion
The surname Boranta is the 2,605,694th most commonly occurring family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 132,500,835 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Boranta reside; 93 percent reside in Southern Africa and 93 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Boranta is also the 1,381,723rd most commonly held first name at a global level It is held by 52 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Lesotho, where it is borne by 51 people, or 1 in 39,854. In Lesotho it is primarily found in: Berea District, where 37 percent live, Leribe District, where 31 percent live and Butha-Buthe District, where 29 percent live. Without taking into account Lesotho this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Greece, where 5 percent live and The DR Congo, where 2 percent live.
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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 Boranta
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