Rankhone Surname
Approximately 97 people bear this surname
Rankhone Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 96 | 1:21,172 | 4,383 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Rankhone Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rankhone Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Rankhone is found in Lesotho more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Rankhone? popularity and diffusion
The surname Rankhone is the 1,882,912th most common last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 75,129,339 people. The last name Rankhone is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Rankhone live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
Rankhone is most widely held in Lesotho, where it is borne by 96 people, or 1 in 21,172. In Lesotho Rankhone is mostly concentrated in: Berea District, where 54 percent are found, Leribe District, where 31 percent are found and Maseru District, where 15 percent are found. Aside from Lesotho Rankhone occurs in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Rankhone
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