Jikane Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Jikane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Jikane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jikane Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jikane (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺟﻜﺎﻥ) is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Jikane.
How Common Is The Last Name Jikane? popularity and diffusion
The surname Jikane is the 6,360,413th most common surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Jikane reside; 89 percent reside in Southern Africa and 89 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 6,772,213. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Western Cape, where 100 percent live. Beside South Africa this surname exists in one country. It is also common in Mauritania, where 11 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jikane Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jikane in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺟﻜﺎﻥ | jkan | - |
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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 Jikane
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