Ranthunya Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Ranthunya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ranthunya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho71:290,36515,938
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613

Ranthunya Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ranthunya occurs most in Lesotho. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ranthunya? popularity and diffusion

Ranthunya is the 6,360,413th most frequently held family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ranthunya reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Ranthunya is most numerous in Lesotho, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 290,365. In Lesotho it is most prevalent in: Mafeteng District, where 86 percent live and Maseru District, where 14 percent live. Barring Lesotho it is found in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 22 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 Ranthunya
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