Phangani Surname

1,718,748th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 113 people bear this surname

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

Phangani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Phangani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1101:492,52540,325
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144

Phangani (80) may also be a first name.

Phangani Last Name Facts

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

Phangani is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Phangani? popularity and diffusion

Phangani is the 1,718,748th most frequent family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 64,491,557 people. The surname Phangani occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Phangani are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Phangani is also the 1,075,395th most commonly used first name in the world, held by 80 people.

The last name is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is held by 110 people, or 1 in 492,525. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 36 percent reside, Free State, where 34 percent reside and Gauteng, where 15 percent reside. Besides South Africa this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside and Georgia, where 1 percent reside.

Phangani Last Name Statistics demography

Phangani earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 59.75% less than the national average, earning R 95,652 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 Phangani
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