Rakheane Surname
Approximately 52 people bear this surname
Rakheane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 50 | 1:40,651 | 6,911 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Rakheane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rakheane Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rakheane is found most in Lesotho. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Rakheane click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rakheane? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,689,253rd most numerous family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 140,145,114 people. The last name Rakheane occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Rakheane live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently held in Lesotho, where it is borne by 50 people, or 1 in 40,651. In Lesotho it is most prevalent in: Leribe District, where 48 percent live, Mokhotlong District, where 44 percent live and Maseru District, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account Lesotho this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 4 percent live.
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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 Rakheane
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