Phokoane Surname

493,936th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 669 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Phokoane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Phokoane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa6321:85,72410,549
Lesotho361:56,4608,384
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187

Phokoane (876) may also be a first name.

Phokoane Last Name Facts

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

The surname Phokoane is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Phokoane? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 493,936th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 10,893,193 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Phokoane are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 274,802nd most prevalent given name worldwide It is held by 876 people.

The surname Phokoane is most numerous in South Africa, where it is borne by 632 people, or 1 in 85,724. In South Africa Phokoane is primarily found in: Limpopo, where 47 percent are found, Gauteng, where 26 percent are found and Mpumalanga, where 17 percent are found. Not including South Africa this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Lesotho, where 5 percent are found and Kuwait, where 0 percent are found.

Phokoane Last Name Statistics demography

Phokoane earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 51.76% less than the national average, earning R 114,636 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Phookoane948/
Pokoane9322/
Phakoane88193/
Phokoana8859/
Phoqoane883/
Phokaone881/
Pokouane881/
Phukoane881/
Phookoana821/
Phokhoana821/
Fokoane8095/
Poqoane8032/
Pokouan807/
Pokoana806/
Pakoane803/
Phakoana75287/
Pokouang752/
Phacoane751/
Pookohan751/
Phukoana751/
Phakoanaa711/
Phokhaonna6719/
Pakouan679/
Poshkohani676/
Fokoana673/
Phoocahhan671/

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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 Phokoane
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