Ranakasi Surname
Approximately 55 people bear this surname
Ranakasi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 53 | 1:38,350 | 6,671 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Ranakasi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ranakasi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ranakasi is most common in Lesotho. It can also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Ranakasi.
How Common Is The Last Name Ranakasi? popularity and diffusion
Ranakasi is the 2,605,694th most prevalent last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 132,500,835 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ranakasi are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Ranakasi is most prevalent in Lesotho, where it is carried by 53 people, or 1 in 38,350. In Lesotho Ranakasi is primarily concentrated in: Mohale's Hoek District, where 40 percent live, Qacha's Nek District, where 34 percent live and Maseru District, where 25 percent live. Not including Lesotho this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ranakashi | 94 | 1 | / |
| Ranakase | 88 | 15 | / |
| Ranakesi | 88 | 1 | / |
| Ratnakosai | 78 | 61 | / |
| Ratnakosit | 78 | 1 | / |
| Ronakaji | 75 | 3 | / |
| Ranacagi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ranacaji | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ratnakhosit | 74 | 73 | / |
| Rattnakosai | 74 | 4 | / |
| Ratnakoset | 67 | 290 | / |
| Renecase | 50 | 25 | / |
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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 Ranakasi
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