Molongane Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Namibia

Molongane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Molongane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676

Molongane Last Name Facts

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

The surname Molongane is found most frequently in South Africa. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Molongane.

How Common Is The Last Name Molongane? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 7,593,402nd most frequently occurring last name globally It is held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Molongane are found; 83 percent are found in Southern Africa and 83 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequent in South Africa, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 13,544,426. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Limpopo, where 50 percent live, Free State, where 25 percent live and Mpumalanga, where 25 percent live. Outside of South Africa it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 17 percent live and Namibia, where 17 percent live.

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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 Molongane
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