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

The last name Kanetsi is carried by more people in Lesotho than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Kanetsi.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanetsi? popularity and diffusion

Kanetsi is the 605,571st most numerous family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 14,233,488 people. The surname 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. Kanetsi is also the 2,786,762nd most widespread first name at a global level It is held by 16 people.

The surname Kanetsi is most commonly held in Lesotho, where it is carried by 288 people, or 1 in 7,057. In Lesotho Kanetsi is mostly found in: Quthing District, where 29 percent live, Maseru District, where 23 percent live and Qacha's Nek District, where 16 percent live. Aside from Lesotho it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 40 percent live and Greece, where 4 percent live.

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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