Ranyane Surname

807,857th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 346 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Ranyane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ranyane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3421:158,41417,833
Lesotho21:1,016,27921,693
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ranyane (41) may also be a first name.

Ranyane Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ranyane has its highest incidence in South Africa. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Ranyane.

How Common Is The Last Name Ranyane? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ranyane is the 807,857th most commonly held surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 21,062,271 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ranyane live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Ranyane is also the 1,590,275th most commonly held first name throughout the world It is held by 41 people.

Ranyane is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is carried by 342 people, or 1 in 158,414. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Free State, where 64 percent reside, Gauteng, where 23 percent reside and North West, where 7 percent reside. Barring South Africa this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Lesotho, where 1 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Ranyane Last Name Statistics demography

Ranyane earn somewhat less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 9.39% less than the national average, earning R 215,316 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 Ranyane
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