Mbenyane Surname

544,808th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 588 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Mbenyane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mbenyane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa4131:131,18115,348
Botswana1711:12,7892,446
England21:27,859,030389,889
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mbenyane (29) may also be a first name.

Mbenyane Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mbenyane occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mbenyane? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 544,808th most common family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 12,393,786 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mbenyane reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,951,561st most frequently used first name in the world It is held by 29 people.

This last name is most numerous in South Africa, where it is held by 413 people, or 1 in 131,181. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Mpumalanga, where 45 percent are found, Western Cape, where 25 percent are found and Gauteng, where 15 percent are found. Apart from South Africa this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Botswana, where 29 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Mbenyane Last Name Statistics demography

Mbenyane earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 23.62% less than the national average, earning R 181,512 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 Mbenyane
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