Morunyane Surname

2,436,415th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 62 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Morunyane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Morunyane 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
Lesotho611:33,3216,091
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Morunyane Last Name Facts

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

Morunyane occurs more in Lesotho more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Morunyane.

How Common Is The Last Name Morunyane? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,436,415th most numerous surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 117,541,063 people. The surname Morunyane occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Morunyane live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Lesotho, where it is borne by 61 people, or 1 in 33,321. In Lesotho Morunyane is most prevalent in: Maseru District, where 52 percent reside, Berea District, where 28 percent reside and Mafeteng District, where 18 percent reside. Outside of Lesotho this last name is found in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 2 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
Moronyane8963/
Marunyane8930/
Morunyana898/
Morunyangai801/
Moronyana786/
Maronyane784/
Marunyana782/
Murunyana781/
Moronjane781/
Moronyani781/
Moroenyani741/
Maroniana561/
Maronjana561/
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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 Morunyane
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