Kanetsi Surname

605,571st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 512 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Kanetsi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanetsi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho2881:7,0571,524
South Africa2061:262,99926,380
Greece181:615,54471,673

Kanetsi (16) may also be a first name.

Kanetsi Last Name Facts

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

Kanetsi occurs in Lesotho more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanetsi? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 605,571st most commonly used surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 14,233,488 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Kanetsi live; 96 percent live in Southern Africa and 96 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most numerous first name internationally, held by 16 people.

This surname is most frequent in Lesotho, where it is held by 288 people, or 1 in 7,057. In Lesotho it is mostly concentrated in: Quthing District, where 29 percent are found, Maseru District, where 23 percent are found and Qacha's Nek District, where 16 percent are found. Excluding Lesotho Kanetsi occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 40 percent are found and Greece, where 4 percent are found.

Kanetsi Last Name Statistics demography

Kanetsi earn marginally less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 4.56% less than the national average, earning R 226,800 per year.

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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 Kanetsi
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