Nchanyana Surname
Approximately 101 people bear this surname
Nchanyana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 99 | 1:20,531 | 4,267 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Nchanyana (50) may also be a first name.
Nchanyana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nchanyana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nchanyana is carried by more people in Lesotho than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Nchanyana.
How Common Is The Last Name Nchanyana? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nchanyana is the 1,839,022nd most commonly held family name globally, borne by around 1 in 72,153,920 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nchanyana live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Nchanyana is also the 1,412,538th most widespread first name in the world, borne by 50 people.
The last name Nchanyana is most commonly occurring in Lesotho, where it is borne by 99 people, or 1 in 20,531. In Lesotho Nchanyana is most common in: Maseru District, where 57 percent reside, Thaba-Tseka District, where 36 percent reside and Berea District, where 5 percent reside. Aside from Lesotho this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ncanyana | 94 | 24 | / |
| Nkhanyana | 89 | 5 | / |
| Nchanjana | 89 | 2 | / |
| Nchonyana | 89 | 1 | / |
| Ntshanyana | 84 | 263 | / |
| Nkhanyanga | 84 | 4 | / |
| Ncanjana | 82 | 12 | / |
| Njanyana | 82 | 9 | / |
| Ncaniana | 82 | 1 | / |
| Nchonyane | 78 | 89 | / |
| Ntsanyana | 78 | 83 | / |
| Nkhanyane | 78 | 50 | / |
| Nkhonyana | 78 | 14 | / |
| Nkhanyani | 78 | 2 | / |
| Ntshonyana | 74 | 31 | / |
| Ntsaunyana | 74 | 1 | / |
| Nconjana | 71 | 15 | / |
| Njanjana | 71 | 12 | / |
| Nzonyana | 71 | 7 | / |
| Njanyane | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ntsonyana | 67 | 302 | / |
| Ntšonyana | 67 | 14 | / |
| Nkhonyane | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ndzonyana | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nts'onyana | 63 | 177 | / |
| Nt'sonyana | 63 | 29 | / |
| Njanjani | 59 | 74 | / |
| Njanjane | 59 | 2 | / |
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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 Nchanyana
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