Modimana Surname

1,064,392nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 234 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Modimana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Modimana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1831:296,05328,632
Botswana501:43,7398,388
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Modimana (11) may also be a first name.

Modimana Last Name Facts

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

The last name Modimana is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Modimana? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,064,392nd most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 31,143,359 people. Modimana occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Modimana live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Modimana is also the 3,487,849th most commonly occurring given name world-wide It is held by 11 people.

The last name is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is carried by 183 people, or 1 in 296,053. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Limpopo, where 74 percent live, Gauteng, where 25 percent live and North West, where 1 percent live. Aside from South Africa Modimana exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 21 percent live and Uganda, where 0 percent live.

Modimana Last Name Statistics demography

Modimana earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 52.41% less than the national average, earning R 113,100 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 Modimana
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