Lindani Surname

172,305th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,497 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Malawi

Lindani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lindani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,3951:38,8374,999
Malawi8361:20,4773,173
Tanzania1171:452,49231,593
Indonesia751:1,763,323114,023
Zambia361:440,27620,880
Botswana221:99,40615,343
Zimbabwe81:1,929,78092,581
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Lindani (15,777) may also be a first name.

Lindani Last Name Facts

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

Lindani is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Lindani? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 172,305th most commonly used last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 2,918,521 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Lindani live; 92 percent live in Southern Africa and 92 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Lindani is also the 44,829th most widespread forename at a global level, held by 15,777 people.

This surname is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is held by 1,395 people, or 1 in 38,837. In South Africa Lindani is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 71 percent are found, Western Cape, where 14 percent are found and Gauteng, where 6 percent are found. Barring South Africa Lindani exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 33 percent are found and Tanzania, where 5 percent are found.

Lindani Last Name Statistics demography

Lindani earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 54.9% less than the national average, earning R 107,172 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
  • 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 Lindani
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