Lemekwane Surname

1,785,358th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 106 people bear this surname

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

Lemekwane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lemekwane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1061:511,11041,270

Lemekwane Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lemekwane is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lemekwane? popularity and diffusion

The surname Lemekwane is the 1,785,358th most commonly used surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 68,750,433 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lemekwane are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Lemekwane is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 106 people, or 1 in 511,110. In South Africa Lemekwane is primarily found in: Limpopo, where 68 percent reside, Gauteng, where 17 percent reside and North West, where 12 percent reside.

Lemekwane Last Name Statistics demography

Lemekwane earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 28.61% less than the national average, earning R 169,656 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 Lemekwane
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