Ranketsi Surname

3,017,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Ranketsi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ranketsi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa321:1,693,05382,821
Lesotho101:203,25614,332

Ranketsi (19) may also be a first name.

Ranketsi Last Name Facts

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

Ranketsi occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ranketsi? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,017,195th most frequently occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ranketsi live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most frequently used first name world-wide, held by 19 people.

The surname is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is borne by 32 people, or 1 in 1,693,053. In South Africa Ranketsi is mostly concentrated in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 53 percent are found, Gauteng, where 38 percent are found and North West, where 3 percent are found. Besides South Africa this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Lesotho, where 24 percent are found.

Ranketsi Last Name Statistics demography

Ranketsi earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 75.8% less than the national average, earning R 57,504 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 Ranketsi
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