Ngakanyane Surname

823,466th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 337 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Ngakanyane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ngakanyane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3141:172,54019,109
Botswana221:99,40615,343
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402

Ngakanyane (21) may also be a first name.

Ngakanyane Last Name Facts

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

Ngakanyane is found most in South Africa. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ngakanyane? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 823,466th most commonly used surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 21,624,765 people. The last name Ngakanyane is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngakanyane are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Ngakanyane is also the 2,368,944th most commonly held first name worldwide It is held by 21 people.

This last name is most numerous in South Africa, where it is carried by 314 people, or 1 in 172,540. In South Africa it is most frequent in: North West, where 76 percent live, Gauteng, where 12 percent live and Free State, where 3 percent live. Excluding South Africa Ngakanyane exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Botswana, where 7 percent live and Lesotho, where 0 percent live.

Ngakanyane Last Name Statistics demography

Ngakanyane earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 53.41% less than the national average, earning R 110,724 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nakanyane95310/
Ngakannyane951/
Kgakanyane9056/
Nakanyange903/
Ngakanyana902/
Nakanyana846/
Kgokanyane801/
Nokonyane741/
Kgokonyane7053/
Nakanyonyi7029/
Kgokgonyane6722/
Nokonyana6310/
Noikanjana603/
Noukonyana602/

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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
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  • 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 Ngakanyane
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