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 last name Samonyane is found most frequently in Lesotho. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samonyane? popularity and diffusion
Samonyane is the 1,589,322nd most prevalent surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 56,933,952 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Samonyane are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Samonyane is also the 2,368,944th most widely held first name world-wide, held by 21 people.
The last name is most common in Lesotho, where it is borne by 124 people, or 1 in 16,392. In Lesotho Samonyane is mostly found in: Berea District, where 65 percent are found, Thaba-Tseka District, where 15 percent are found and Leribe District, where 9 percent are found. Outside of Lesotho Samonyane is found in one country. It is also common 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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