Rangaka Surname

319,156th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,172 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Rangaka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rangaka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa9111:59,4717,511
Botswana2371:9,2281,674
Lesotho131:156,35113,063
England71:7,959,723202,100
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Rangaka (87) may also be a first name.

Rangaka Last Name Facts

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

Rangaka has its highest incidence in South Africa. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rangaka? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 319,156th most widely held surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,218,043 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Rangaka are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,024,927th most frequently occurring first name globally. It is borne by 87 people.

This surname is most common in South Africa, where it is borne by 911 people, or 1 in 59,471. In South Africa Rangaka is most numerous in: North West, where 65 percent live, Gauteng, where 29 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 2 percent live. Not including South Africa this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Botswana, where 20 percent live and Lesotho, where 1 percent live.

Rangaka Last Name Statistics demography

Rangaka earn around the same as the average income. In South Africa they earn 2.95% more than the national average, earning R 244,656 per year.

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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 Rangaka
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