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
The surname Linakana is more commonly found in Lesotho than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Linakana? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,944,094th most prevalent family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. The last name Linakana is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Linakana live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Linakana is most commonly held in Lesotho, where it is borne by 42 people, or 1 in 48,394. In Lesotho it is most numerous in: Leribe District, where 83 percent are found and Butha-Buthe District, where 17 percent are found. Outside of Lesotho this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 5 percent are found.
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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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