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 is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mbenyane? popularity and diffusion

Mbenyane is the 544,808th most widespread family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 12,393,786 people. The last name 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 prevalent first name worldwide, held by 29 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 413 people, or 1 in 131,181. In South Africa it is mostly found 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 Mbenyane exists 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
  • 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 Mbenyane
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