Phelanyane Surname

1,369,340th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 161 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Phelanyane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Phelanyane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho1201:16,9383,631
South Africa391:1,389,17274,222
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397

Phelanyane Last Name Facts

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

The surname Phelanyane is most common in Lesotho. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Phelanyane? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,369,340th most common surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 45,264,260 people. Phelanyane occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Phelanyane are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Lesotho, where it is held by 120 people, or 1 in 16,938. In Lesotho Phelanyane is most frequent in: Leribe District, where 63 percent are found, Mafeteng District, where 21 percent are found and Maseru District, where 11 percent are found. Barring Lesotho it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 24 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Phelanyane Last Name Statistics demography

Phelanyane earn marginally less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 0.6% less than the national average, earning R 236,208 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 Phelanyane
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