Mfanyane Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Botswana
Highest density in:
Botswana

Mfanyane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Mfanyane Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Botswana281:78,10513,263
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Mfanyane (60) may also be a first name.

Mfanyane Last Name Facts

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

Mfanyane has its highest incidence in Botswana. It may be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mfanyane? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,665,662nd most commonly held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mfanyane live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Mfanyane is also the 1,270,172nd most commonly used given name in the world, borne by 60 people.

The last name is most frequent in Botswana, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 78,105. Beside Botswana this surname is found in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mfanyana88411/
Mfanyani881/
Mphanyane8214/
Mfanjagne821/
Mphainyane7831/
Nfanyana75121/
Mphonyane7121/
Mphanyana711/
Mphanjane711/
Mphainyana674/
Mphanjana598/
Mphonyana596/
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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 Mfanyane
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