Ranyakane Surname
Approximately 159 people bear this surname
Ranyakane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 154 | 1:13,198 | 2,920 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
Ranyakane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ranyakane Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ranyakane occurs more in Lesotho more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ranyakane? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,380,086th most frequently held last name on earth, held by around 1 in 45,833,622 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ranyakane are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
Ranyakane is most widespread in Lesotho, where it is carried by 154 people, or 1 in 13,198. In Lesotho it is mostly found in: Butha-Buthe District, where 72 percent reside, Leribe District, where 25 percent reside and Berea District, where 2 percent reside. Apart from Lesotho this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 3 percent reside.
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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
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