Rankone Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Rankone Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rankone Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho191:106,97711,319
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054

Rankone (24) may also be a first name.

Rankone Last Name Facts

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

The last name Rankone is found in Lesotho more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Rankone click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rankone? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,798,600th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Rankone reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Rankone is also the 2,187,323rd most frequently occurring first name on earth It is held by 24 people.

This surname is most frequent in Lesotho, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 106,977. In Lesotho it is mostly concentrated in: Maseru District, where 53 percent live and Berea District, where 47 percent live. Outside of Lesotho it exists in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 30 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
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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 Rankone
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