Phanye Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Phanye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Phanye (11) may also be a first name.
Phanye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Phanye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Phanye is found most frequently in South Africa. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Phanye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 7,117,718th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Phanye reside; 86 percent reside in Southern Africa and 86 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Phanye is also the 3,487,849th most frequently used given name at a global level, held by 11 people.
Phanye is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 9,029,617. Outside of South Africa this last name exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 14 percent live.
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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 Phanye
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