Ramolefe Surname

837,371st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 329 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Ramolefe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ramolefe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3021:179,39619,719
Botswana171:128,64318,229
Lesotho71:290,36515,938
England21:27,859,030389,889
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Ramolefe (130) may also be a first name.

Ramolefe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ramolefe occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Ramolefe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ramolefe? popularity and diffusion

It is the 837,371st most numerous family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 22,150,595 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ramolefe are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Ramolefe is also the 814,623rd most frequently used first name on earth. It is borne by 130 people.

Ramolefe is most common in South Africa, where it is carried by 302 people, or 1 in 179,396. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Gauteng, where 40 percent reside, Limpopo, where 38 percent reside and Mpumalanga, where 9 percent reside. Other than South Africa this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 5 percent reside and Lesotho, where 2 percent reside.

Ramolefe Last Name Statistics demography

Ramolefe earn a lot more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 42.06% more than the national average, earning R 337,584 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ramolefhe94155/
Ramolefi88166/
Ramolefa889/
Ramolife884/
Ramalefe881/
Ramulefhe821/
Ramolifi753/
Ramulife752/
Ramoloifi713/
Ramahlafe711/
Ramaliev631/
Ramahlafi5937/
Raymaliev5928/
Raimaliev597/
Ramulifha591/
Ramahlofi591/
Ramahlaphe561/
Romalev531/
Ramalova508/
Ramalyov501/
Romaleva501/

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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 Ramolefe
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