Rathakane Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Rathakane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rathakane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho171:119,56211,827
South Africa151:3,611,847123,156

Rathakane (38) may also be a first name.

Rathakane Last Name Facts

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

The surname Rathakane occurs more in Lesotho more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Rathakane.

How Common Is The Last Name Rathakane? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,485,539th most frequently held surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Rathakane live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Rathakane is also the 1,662,754th most commonly used first name internationally. It is borne by 38 people.

The last name Rathakane is most frequent in Lesotho, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 119,562. In Lesotho Rathakane is primarily concentrated in: Maseru District, where 47 percent reside, Berea District, where 41 percent reside and Butha-Buthe District, where 6 percent reside. Not including Lesotho it exists in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 47 percent reside.

Rathakane Last Name Statistics demography

Rathakane earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 71.92% less than the national average, earning R 66,732 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
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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 Rathakane
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