Manakana Surname

642,991st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 472 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Manakana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Manakana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa4661:116,26113,876
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Manakana (489) may also be a first name.

Manakana Last Name Facts

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

The last name Manakana (Hindi: मनकाना, Marathi: मनकणा) is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Manakana.

How Common Is The Last Name Manakana? popularity and diffusion

Manakana is the 642,991st most commonly used surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 15,439,716 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Manakana live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 384,341st most widespread first name internationally, borne by 489 people.

Manakana is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 466 people, or 1 in 116,261. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Limpopo, where 58 percent reside, Gauteng, where 34 percent reside and North West, where 5 percent reside. Other than South Africa Manakana is found in 4 countries. It is also found in India, where 1 percent reside and Lesotho, where 0 percent reside.

Manakana Last Name Statistics demography

Manakana earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 44.71% less than the national average, earning R 131,388 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Manakana Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Manakana in the Hindi language
मनकानाmanakana-
Manakana in the Marathi language
मनकणाmanakana79.8
मणकणाmanakana12.91
मनकनाmanakana2.32
मनकणmanakana1.32
मणकनाmanakana0.33
मानकरmanakara0.33
दनकरdanakara0.33
मनकाणाmanakana0.33
मनकणारmanakanara0.33
मणकणmanakana0.33

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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 Manakana
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