Phunye Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Phunye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 26 | 1:78,175 | 9,832 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Phunye (28) may also be a first name.
Phunye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Phunye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Phunye is found most frequently in Lesotho. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Phunye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Phunye? popularity and diffusion
Phunye is the 3,730,171st most frequently occurring family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Phunye live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most commonly occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 28 people.
The last name Phunye is most widely held in Lesotho, where it is held by 26 people, or 1 in 78,175. In Lesotho Phunye is most common in: Mohale's Hoek District, where 73 percent reside, Maseru District, where 23 percent reside and Berea District, where 4 percent reside. Beside Lesotho this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 7 percent reside.
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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 Phunye
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