Phikani Surname

418,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 831 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Phikani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Phikani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi7061:24,2483,692
South Africa1091:497,04340,551
Zimbabwe131:1,187,55768,998
India31:255,688,4611,306,352

Phikani (505) may also be a first name.

Phikani Last Name Facts

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

The last name Phikani (Hindi: फिकनी, Oriya: ଫିକନି) is found most in Malawi. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Phikani? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 418,171st most widely held family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 8,769,610 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Phikani are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Phikani is also the 376,889th most frequent first name globally, borne by 505 people.

It is most numerous in Malawi, where it is borne by 706 people, or 1 in 24,248. Excluding Malawi this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 13 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 2 percent live.

Phikani Last Name Statistics demography

Phikani earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 78.31% less than the national average, earning R 51,552 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Pikani92513/
Phitkanit881/
Phekani86513/
Phikane8650/
Pikanie8646/
Paikani8642/
Pikhani8633/
Pikkani8620/
Phicani867/
Phukani867/
Phikana866/
Vhikani866/
Pickani861/
Peikani861/
Phikeni861/
Phikhana801/
Paikhani801/
Pikkhani801/
Pishkani801/
Pikaanie801/
Piekanie801/
Vikani77889/
Fikani77296/
Pikane7781/
Pekani7777/
Pikana7776/
Pukani7763/
Picani7759/
Pikeni7720/
Piqani778/
Pykani771/
Pikoni771/
Pikany771/
Pishkhani7531/
Pickainis755/
Pickannie751/
Peykani71521/
Poikane71516/
Phukane71136/
Poikany71102/
Piscani7177/
Vikhani7171/
Phekana7154/
Paikane7141/
Vhukani7141/
Pekkani7135/
Pikouni7134/
Phicane7130/
Peakani7116/
Pickana7112/
Puikane7111/
Paykani7110/
Pikeeni7110/
Phukeni7110/
Pikaner719/
Pikhane718/
Pukhani717/
Paikeni717/
Faikani717/
Vaikani716/
Pfukani715/
Picanni714/
Peikana713/
Petkani712/
Pekhani712/
Fikhani711/
Pekaani711/
Phukoni711/
Poikana711/
Peikany711/
Fikkani711/
Pekanie711/
Phicana711/
Picanai711/
Phekane711/
Picanio711/
Vikkani711/
Pikanje711/
Piccani711/
Phukanj711/
Peykhani67262/
Paykhani6770/
Phukheni6711/
Petkanis678/
Pickaine672/
Petkhani672/
Vaikhani671/
Paikaina671/
Piekanee671/
Paikhana671/

Phikani Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Phikani in the Hindi language
फिकनीphikani-
Phikani in the Oriya language
ଫିକନିphikani-

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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 Phikani
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