Mahanye Surname
Approximately 77 people bear this surname
Mahanye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 67 | 1:30,337 | 5,743 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mahanye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mahanye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mahanye (Hindi: महन्ये) is found most frequently in Lesotho. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mahanye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,152,526th most numerous surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 94,643,453 people. Mahanye occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mahanye are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Mahanye is most common in Lesotho, where it is carried by 67 people, or 1 in 30,337. In Lesotho it is most numerous in: Maseru District, where 97 percent reside, Mafeteng District, where 1 percent reside and Mohale's Hoek District, where 1 percent reside. Besides Lesotho this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 12 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mahanye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mahanye in the Hindi language | ||
| महन्ये | mahan'ye | - |
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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 Mahanye
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