Polonyana Surname
Approximately 34 people bear this surname
Polonyana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 33 | 1:61,593 | 8,794 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Polonyana (21) may also be a first name.
Polonyana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Polonyana Come From? nationality or country of origin
Polonyana is found in Lesotho more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Polonyana.
How Common Is The Last Name Polonyana? popularity and diffusion
The last name Polonyana is the 3,373,373rd most prevalent surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 214,339,586 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Polonyana live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most commonly held forename in the world, held by 21 people.
This surname is most common in Lesotho, where it is held by 33 people, or 1 in 61,593. In Lesotho Polonyana is most frequent in: Leribe District, where 64 percent are found, Maseru District, where 24 percent are found and Berea District, where 9 percent are found. Apart from Lesotho Polonyana occurs in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pholonyana | 95 | 4 | / |
| Polonyane | 89 | 8 | / |
| Pholonyane | 84 | 3 | / |
| Pholanyana | 84 | 1 | / |
| Pulanyana | 78 | 2 | / |
| Polanyane | 78 | 1 | / |
| Phulanyana | 74 | 1 | / |
| Pulanyane | 67 | 66 | / |
| Phalanyane | 63 | 50 | / |
| Phulanyane | 63 | 3 | / |
| Phatlanyane | 60 | 54 | / |
| Phatlhanyane | 57 | 108 | / |
| Palanjane | 56 | 2 | / |
| Palaniano | 56 | 2 | / |
| Palaniani | 56 | 1 | / |
| Palanianie | 53 | 4 | / |
| Palanianoy | 53 | 1 | / |
| Pahalanjani | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Polonyana
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