Kenyane Surname

1,185,157th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 200 people bear this surname

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

Kenyane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kenyane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1961:276,41727,312
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Kenyane Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kenyane is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kenyane? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kenyane is the 1,185,157th most commonly occurring surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 36,437,730 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kenyane live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Kenyane is most widespread in South Africa, where it is held by 196 people, or 1 in 276,417. In South Africa Kenyane is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 71 percent live, Gauteng, where 15 percent live and Mpumalanga, where 6 percent live. Outside of South Africa this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 1 percent live and Uganda, where 1 percent live.

Kenyane Last Name Statistics demography

Kenyane earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 46.88% less than the national average, earning R 126,228 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
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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 Kenyane
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