Jekana Surname
Approximately 146 people bear this surname
Jekana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 135 | 1:401,316 | 35,360 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Jekana Demographics
Average Jekana Salary in
South Africa
R 68,232
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Jekana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jekana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jekana (Marathi: जेकाना) is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jekana? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,459,453rd most common family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 49,914,698 people. Jekana is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Jekana live; 92 percent live in Southern Africa and 92 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Jekana is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is carried by 135 people, or 1 in 401,316. In South Africa it is most common in: Eastern Cape, where 96 percent are found and Western Cape, where 4 percent are found. Barring South Africa Jekana occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in India, where 5 percent are found and Nigeria, where 1 percent are found.
Jekana Last Name Statistics demography
Jekana earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 71.29% less than the national average, earning R 68,232 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jekana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jekana in the Marathi language | ||
| जेकाना | jekana | - |
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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 Jekana
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