Samonyane Surname
Approximately 128 people bear this surname
Samonyane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 124 | 1:16,392 | 3,540 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
Samonyane (21) may also be a first name.
Samonyane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samonyane Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Samonyane is more frequently found in Lesotho than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Samonyane click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samonyane? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,589,322nd most commonly held last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 56,933,952 people. The surname Samonyane is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Samonyane live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most frequent first name on earth It is held by 21 people.
It is most widespread in Lesotho, where it is borne by 124 people, or 1 in 16,392. In Lesotho Samonyane is primarily concentrated in: Berea District, where 65 percent are found, Thaba-Tseka District, where 15 percent are found and Leribe District, where 9 percent are found. Without taking into account Lesotho this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Samonyane
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