Selakane Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Selakane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 7 | 1:290,365 | 15,938 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Selakane (9) may also be a first name.
Selakane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Selakane Come From? nationality or country of origin
Selakane occurs more in Lesotho more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Selakane click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Selakane? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,360,413th most commonly held surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Selakane live; 89 percent live in Southern Africa and 89 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,941,740th most frequently used forename internationally, held by 9 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Lesotho, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 290,365. In Lesotho Selakane is most common in: Butha-Buthe District, where 100 percent are found. Besides Lesotho it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 11 percent are found and South Africa, where 11 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 Selakane
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