Keresiane Surname
Approximately 172 people bear this surname
Keresiane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 148 | 1:13,734 | 3,035 |
| Botswana | 22 | 1:99,406 | 15,343 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Keresiane (112) may also be a first name.
Keresiane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Keresiane Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Keresiane is borne by more people in Lesotho than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Keresiane? popularity and diffusion
The last name Keresiane is the 1,310,135th most numerous last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 42,369,453 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Keresiane are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Keresiane is also the 885,979th most frequently used first name throughout the world, borne by 112 people.
The last name Keresiane is most widely held in Lesotho, where it is carried by 148 people, or 1 in 13,734. In Lesotho it is most prevalent in: Butha-Buthe District, where 40 percent live, Berea District, where 30 percent live and Leribe District, where 25 percent live. Excluding Lesotho this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 13 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.
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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 Keresiane
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