Nketlana Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Nketlana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nketlana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa271:2,006,58290,678
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402

Nketlana Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nketlana is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nketlana? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nketlana is the 3,730,171st most frequently held surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nketlana are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

It is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 27 people, or 1 in 2,006,582. In South Africa Nketlana is most numerous in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 74 percent reside, Gauteng, where 11 percent reside and Eastern Cape, where 7 percent reside. Without taking into account South Africa this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Lesotho, where 4 percent reside.

Nketlana Last Name Statistics demography

Nketlana earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 70% less than the national average, earning R 71,292 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
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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 Nketlana
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