Moonyane Surname

2,020,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 86 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Moonyane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Moonyane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho701:29,0375,566
South Africa161:3,386,106119,139

Moonyane (30) may also be a first name.

Moonyane Last Name Facts

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

The surname Moonyane is found most in Lesotho. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Moonyane? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,020,555th most frequently held last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 84,738,906 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Moonyane live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Moonyane is also the 1,911,214th most numerous first name on earth, borne by 30 people.

Moonyane is most frequently held in Lesotho, where it is borne by 70 people, or 1 in 29,037. In Lesotho it is mostly found in: Maseru District, where 84 percent reside, Berea District, where 7 percent reside and Quthing District, where 6 percent reside. Without taking into account Lesotho this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 19 percent reside.

Moonyane Last Name Statistics demography

Moonyane earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 47.28% less than the national average, earning R 125,292 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 Moonyane
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