Lekanyane Surname

414,183rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 841 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Lekanyane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lekanyane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho5831:3,486620
South Africa2411:224,80423,422
Botswana171:128,64318,229

Lekanyane (117) may also be a first name.

Lekanyane Last Name Facts

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

Lekanyane is most common in Lesotho. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Lekanyane? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 414,183rd most widespread last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 8,665,334 people. The last name Lekanyane occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lekanyane live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Lekanyane is also the 864,112th most commonly used first name worldwide, borne by 117 people.

This last name is most prevalent in Lesotho, where it is carried by 583 people, or 1 in 3,486. In Lesotho it is most numerous in: Mokhotlong District, where 37 percent are found, Maseru District, where 18 percent are found and Butha-Buthe District, where 14 percent are found. Without taking into account Lesotho it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 29 percent are found and Botswana, where 2 percent are found.

Lekanyane Last Name Statistics demography

Lekanyane earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 46.89% less than the national average, earning R 126,216 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lekganyane953,035/
Lekaunyane9563/
Lekhanyane9518/
Lekkganyane901/
Lekonyane89233/
Lekanyana892/
Lekaunyana8422/
Lekgonyane846/
Lekhanyana842/
Lekganyani841/
Lekhonyane841/
Lekonyana78229/
Likonyane7816/
Leekanjana745/
Likonyana671/

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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 Lekanyane
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