Boshiane Surname

1,918,812th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 94 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Boshiane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Boshiane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa921:588,88845,159
England21:27,859,030389,889

Boshiane (14) may also be a first name.

Boshiane Last Name Facts

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

Boshiane is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Boshiane? popularity and diffusion

The surname Boshiane is the 1,918,812th most prevalent surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 77,527,084 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Boshiane live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most numerous first name throughout the world. It is borne by 14 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 92 people, or 1 in 588,888. In South Africa Boshiane is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 91 percent are found, Limpopo, where 7 percent are found and North West, where 2 percent are found. Other than South Africa this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in England, where 2 percent are found.

Boshiane Last Name Statistics demography

Boshiane earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 45.72% less than the national average, earning R 129,000 per year.

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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 Boshiane
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