Linakana Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
Linakana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 42 | 1:48,394 | 7,686 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Linakana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Linakana Come From? nationality or country of origin
Linakana occurs more in Lesotho more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Linakana? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,944,094th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 165,626,044 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Linakana are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly occurring in Lesotho, where it is carried by 42 people, or 1 in 48,394. In Lesotho it is primarily concentrated in: Leribe District, where 83 percent reside and Butha-Buthe District, where 17 percent reside. Excluding Lesotho Linakana exists in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 5 percent reside.
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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 Linakana
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