Phanyane Surname

473,663rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 707 people bear this surname

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

Phanyane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Phanyane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa7011:77,2869,583
Lesotho41:508,14018,568
England11:55,718,059489,080
Iceland11:380,09011,096

Phanyane (41) may also be a first name.

Phanyane Last Name Facts

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

The last name Phanyane occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Phanyane click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Phanyane? popularity and diffusion

It is the 473,663rd most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 10,307,703 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Phanyane live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Phanyane is also the 1,590,275th most widespread given name worldwide, held by 41 people.

This surname is most frequent in South Africa, where it is carried by 701 people, or 1 in 77,286. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Gauteng, where 32 percent reside, Limpopo, where 32 percent reside and North West, where 16 percent reside. Not including South Africa this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Lesotho, where 1 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Phanyane Last Name Statistics demography

Phanyane earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 41.18% less than the national average, earning R 139,776 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
  • 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 Phanyane
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