Ranketu Surname
Approximately 34 people bear this surname
Ranketu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 29 | 1:70,088 | 9,364 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
Ranketu (28) may also be a first name.
Ranketu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ranketu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ranketu is found most frequently in Lesotho. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ranketu? popularity and diffusion
Ranketu is the 3,373,373rd most prevalent family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 214,339,586 people. The last name Ranketu is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ranketu are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Ranketu is also the 1,994,417th most commonly held forename worldwide. It is borne by 28 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Lesotho, where it is borne by 29 people, or 1 in 70,088. In Lesotho Ranketu is primarily found in: Berea District, where 83 percent live and Leribe District, where 17 percent live. Excluding Lesotho this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 15 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
- 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 Ranketu
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