Maqoane Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Maqoane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Maqoane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho131:156,35113,063
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227

Maqoane (17) may also be a first name.

Maqoane Last Name Facts

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

The last name Maqoane occurs most in Lesotho. It can be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Maqoane? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,649,889th most frequently used surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Maqoane live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most numerous given name in the world, held by 17 people.

This last name is most widespread in Lesotho, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 156,351. In Lesotho Maqoane is most frequent in: Leribe District, where 38 percent live, Quthing District, where 31 percent live and Maseru District, where 23 percent live. Excluding Lesotho this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 28 percent live.

Maqoane Last Name Statistics demography

Maqoane earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 94.76% less than the national average, earning R 12,444 per year.

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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 Maqoane
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