Padayachie Surname

1,092,155th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 225 people bear this surname

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

Padayachie Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Padayachie Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2151:251,98925,579
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Padayachie Last Name Facts

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

The surname Padayachie is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Padayachie? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,092,155th most frequent last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 32,389,093 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Padayachie live; 96 percent live in Southern Africa and 96 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is carried by 215 people, or 1 in 251,989. In South Africa Padayachie is most numerous in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 51 percent reside, Gauteng, where 26 percent reside and Eastern Cape, where 10 percent reside. Apart from South Africa this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in New Zealand, where 4 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Padayachie Last Name Statistics demography

Padayachie earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 77.43% more than the national average, earning R 421,632 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 Padayachie
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