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
The surname Chelenyane occurs most in Botswana. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chelenyane? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chelenyane is the 2,944,094th most numerous last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chelenyane live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly used in Botswana, where it is borne by 39 people, or 1 in 56,075. Excluding Botswana this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Lesotho, where 9 percent reside and South Africa, where 2 percent reside.
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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