Chelenyane Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
Chelenyane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Botswana | 39 | 1:56,075 | 10,323 |
| Lesotho | 4 | 1:508,140 | 18,568 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Chelenyane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chelenyane Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chelenyane is most common in Botswana. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Chelenyane click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chelenyane? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chelenyane is the 2,944,094th most frequently used family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chelenyane are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
It is most widely held in Botswana, where it is borne by 39 people, or 1 in 56,075. Outside of Botswana this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Lesotho, where 9 percent live and South Africa, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tchelenhane | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tshetlenyane | 82 | 2 | / |
| Tselenyane | 80 | 5 | / |
| Ts'elenyane | 76 | 1 | / |
| Tsehlenyane | 76 | 1 | / |
| Tsetlenyane | 76 | 1 | / |
| Gelenjane | 74 | 11 | / |
| Helenione | 74 | 2 | / |
| Heleniany | 74 | 1 | / |
| Zilinyani | 53 | 2 | / |
| Cilinjani | 53 | 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 Chelenyane
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