Sakoane Surname

235,103rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,712 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Sakoane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sakoane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho1,1881:1,711175
South Africa5041:107,49512,963
England181:3,095,448105,421
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Sakoane (117) may also be a first name.

Sakoane Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sakoane is carried by more people in Lesotho than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sakoane? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 235,103rd most commonly held last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 4,256,744 people. The last name Sakoane is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Sakoane live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 864,112th most commonly occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 117 people.

The surname is most numerous in Lesotho, where it is carried by 1,188 people, or 1 in 1,711. In Lesotho Sakoane is most prevalent in: Mokhotlong District, where 44 percent live, Berea District, where 24 percent live and Leribe District, where 20 percent live. Excluding Lesotho Sakoane occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 29 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Sakoane Last Name Statistics demography

Sakoane earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 24.59% less than the national average, earning R 179,196 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 Sakoane
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