Funani Surname

97,669th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,858 people bear this surname

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

Funani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Funani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa4,4361:12,2131,519
Malawi1571:109,03912,664
Zimbabwe1361:113,51615,504
Kenya1011:457,22724,042
England161:3,482,379114,324
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Funani (7,321) may also be a first name.

Funani Last Name Facts

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

The surname Funani (Hindi: फूनानी) occurs most in South Africa. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Funani click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Funani? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 97,669th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 1,500,112 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Funani live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Funani is also the 75,331st most frequent first name on earth. It is borne by 7,321 people.

The last name is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is held by 4,436 people, or 1 in 12,213. In South Africa Funani is mostly found in: Eastern Cape, where 60 percent are found, Gauteng, where 13 percent are found and Western Cape, where 12 percent are found. Aside from South Africa this surname occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 3 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 3 percent are found.

Funani Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is predominantly Muslim (75%) in Kenya.

Funani earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 25% less than the national average, earning R 178,224 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Founani92279/
Funangi92199/
Faunani927/
Funanie921/
Fuinani921/
Pfunhani8623/
Funanich8614/
Funanish863/
Vfutnani861/
Funganai861/
Funane83140/
Funana8319/
Fungane7757/
Funange7716/
Fonanih7712/
Founane7710/
Fonnani779/
Funaine778/
Funaane775/
Vunnani774/
Fungoni773/
Funhana771/
Vunhani771/
Founouni7114/
Fougnane719/
Fhusnane711/
Faunnany710/
Fonane6766/
Fonana6712/
Fononi677/
Vunane672/
Foungnane671/

Funani Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Funani in the Hindi language
फूनानीphunani-

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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 Funani
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