Polonyane Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Polonyane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 7 | 1:290,365 | 15,938 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Polonyane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Polonyane Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Polonyane occurs most in Lesotho. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Polonyane? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,723,624th most commonly occurring last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Polonyane are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Lesotho, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 290,365. In Lesotho Polonyane is primarily found in: Leribe District, where 43 percent are found, Maseru District, where 43 percent are found and Berea District, where 14 percent are found. Outside of Lesotho this surname is found in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 13 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pholonyane | 95 | 3 | / |
| Polonyana | 89 | 34 | / |
| Polanyane | 89 | 1 | / |
| Pholonyana | 84 | 4 | / |
| Pulanyane | 78 | 66 | / |
| Phalanyane | 74 | 50 | / |
| Phulanyane | 74 | 3 | / |
| Pholanyana | 74 | 1 | / |
| Phatlanyane | 70 | 54 | / |
| Phatlhanyane | 67 | 108 | / |
| Palanjane | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pulanyana | 67 | 2 | / |
| Phulanyana | 63 | 1 | / |
| Palaneoni | 56 | 1 | / |
| Palanianie | 53 | 4 | / |
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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 Polonyane
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