Maqelane Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Maqelane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 15 | 1:135,504 | 12,442 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
Maqelane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maqelane Come From? nationality or country of origin
Maqelane occurs most in Lesotho. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Maqelane? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,206,983rd most commonly held last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. The surname Maqelane occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Maqelane are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequent in Lesotho, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 135,504. In Lesotho Maqelane is most numerous in: Qacha's Nek District, where 100 percent reside. Other than Lesotho this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 32 percent reside.
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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 Maqelane
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