Matanyane Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Matanyane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 12 | 1:169,380 | 13,459 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Matanyane (31) may also be a first name.
Matanyane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matanyane Come From? nationality or country of origin
Matanyane occurs more in Lesotho more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Matanyane? popularity and diffusion
The last name Matanyane is the 5,391,485th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Matanyane live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most commonly used given name on earth It is held by 31 people.
Matanyane is most common in Lesotho, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 169,380. In Lesotho it is most numerous in: Thaba-Tseka District, where 92 percent live and Berea District, where 8 percent live. Not including Lesotho this last name is found in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matanyange | 95 | 34 | / |
| Mataunyane | 95 | 6 | / |
| Mathanyane | 95 | 1 | / |
| 'Mataunyane | 90 | 8 | / |
| Motanyane | 89 | 1,301 | / |
| Matonyane | 89 | 128 | / |
| Matanyana | 89 | 7 | / |
| Matanjane | 89 | 5 | / |
| Matanyani | 89 | 1 | / |
| Mathanjane | 84 | 95 | / |
| Mathonyane | 84 | 31 | / |
| Motaunyane | 84 | 30 | / |
| Matonyanie | 84 | 8 | / |
| Mathanhane | 84 | 2 | / |
| Mathanyana | 84 | 2 | / |
| Moitanyane | 84 | 1 | / |
| Mothanyane | 84 | 1 | / |
| 'Motanyane | 84 | 1 | / |
| Motanyanee | 84 | 1 | / |
| Mataunyana | 84 | 1 | / |
| Mahatanyana | 80 | 1 | / |
| 'Mataunyana | 80 | 1 | / |
| Matanjana | 78 | 198 | / |
| Matonyani | 78 | 14 | / |
| Matonyana | 78 | 8 | / |
| Matanjani | 78 | 6 | / |
| Motonyane | 78 | 3 | / |
| Motanyana | 78 | 2 | / |
| Matonhane | 78 | 1 | / |
| Mathanjana | 74 | 226 | / |
| Mothonyane | 74 | 33 | / |
| Mathanjani | 74 | 3 | / |
| Motaunyana | 74 | 3 | / |
| Motounyane | 74 | 1 | / |
| Mathonyana | 74 | 1 | / |
| Mathonhane | 74 | 1 | / |
| Mothonyana | 63 | 133 | / |
| Mothonjane | 63 | 1 | / |
| Mothanjana | 63 | 1 | / |
| Motonjana | 56 | 1 | / |
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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 Matanyane
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