Malinyane Surname
Approximately 134 people bear this surname
Malinyane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 133 | 1:15,282 | 3,323 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Malinyane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malinyane Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Malinyane occurs more in Lesotho more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Malinyane? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,544,715th most widely held last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 54,384,671 people. Malinyane is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Malinyane live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Malinyane is most commonly used in Lesotho, where it is held by 133 people, or 1 in 15,282. In Lesotho it is primarily concentrated in: Mokhotlong District, where 50 percent are found, Thaba-Tseka District, where 25 percent are found and Leribe District, where 14 percent are found. Other than Lesotho it occurs in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malienyane | 95 | 1 | / |
| Molinyane | 89 | 7 | / |
| Malenyane | 89 | 1 | / |
| Moloinyane | 84 | 558 | / |
| Molainyane | 84 | 42 | / |
| Molienyane | 84 | 8 | / |
| Mahlenyane | 84 | 1 | / |
| Mmolainyane | 80 | 38 | / |
| Mautlenyane | 80 | 1 | / |
| Malignani | 78 | 39 | / |
| Molenyane | 78 | 22 | / |
| Malenyana | 78 | 1 | / |
| Malinjani | 78 | 1 | / |
| Moloinyana | 74 | 281 | / |
| Mahlenyana | 74 | 2 | / |
| Moleenyane | 74 | 1 | / |
| Moloinhane | 74 | 1 | / |
| Molainyana | 74 | 1 | / |
| Molienyana | 74 | 1 | / |
| Molehenyane | 70 | 101 | / |
| Mmotlenyane | 70 | 4 | / |
| Malenjani | 67 | 135 | / |
| Molenyana | 67 | 29 | / |
| Molignani | 67 | 29 | / |
| Malignoni | 67 | 1 | / |
| Molenyani | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mahlenjana | 63 | 1 | / |
| Moulinjeune | 60 | 50 | / |
| Molignoni | 56 | 147 | / |
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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 Malinyane
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