Maqheane Surname
Approximately 51 people bear this surname
Maqheane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 46 | 1:44,186 | 7,268 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
Maqheane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maqheane Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Maqheane has its highest incidence in Lesotho. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Maqheane? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,718,172nd most prevalent surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 142,893,057 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Maqheane live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
Maqheane is most frequently held in Lesotho, where it is borne by 46 people, or 1 in 44,186. In Lesotho it is mostly concentrated in: Mafeteng District, where 89 percent are found and Maseru District, where 11 percent are found. Barring Lesotho it occurs in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 10 percent are found.
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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 Maqheane
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