Phethani Surname

1,980,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 89 people bear this surname

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

Phethani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Phethani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa881:615,65646,403
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Phethani (276) may also be a first name.

Phethani Last Name Facts

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

The last name Phethani occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Phethani? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,980,395th most commonly used last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 81,882,538 people. The surname Phethani is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Phethani live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Phethani is also the 534,713th most widespread first name world-wide, borne by 276 people.

The last name is most frequent in South Africa, where it is borne by 88 people, or 1 in 615,656. In South Africa Phethani is mostly found in: Eastern Cape, where 42 percent reside, Free State, where 35 percent reside and Gauteng, where 11 percent reside. Other than South Africa Phethani is found in one country. It is also found in Malaysia, where 1 percent reside.

Phethani Last Name Statistics demography

Phethani earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 47.62% less than the national average, earning R 124,464 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pethani936,310/
Phithani8819/
Pithani803,868/
Pedhani805/
Paithani75122/
Pithaani7524/
Peetgani751/
Pidhghani711/
Pedgani675/
Pidhani673/
Paidhani632/
Peydehghani631/
Pedhgani631/
Peddgani631/
Pedgoni5312/
Petgone531/
Peddgoni5034/
Pedgayna502/
Pitgouni501/

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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 Phethani
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