Rantekane Surname

1,194,481st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 198 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Rantekane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rantekane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1871:289,72028,200
Lesotho111:184,77813,836

Rantekane Last Name Facts

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

The surname Rantekane is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Rantekane? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,194,481st most prevalent surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 36,805,787 people. The last name Rantekane occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Rantekane live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Rantekane is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is borne by 187 people, or 1 in 289,720. In South Africa Rantekane is primarily found in: Free State, where 34 percent reside, Gauteng, where 30 percent reside and North West, where 29 percent reside. Without taking into account South Africa it is found in one country. It is also common in Lesotho, where 6 percent reside.

Rantekane Last Name Statistics demography

Rantekane earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 43.24% less than the national average, earning R 134,880 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 Rantekane
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