Selonyane Surname

703,644th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 418 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Selonyane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Selonyane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho3501:5,8071,201
South Africa681:796,73154,178

Selonyane (98) may also be a first name.

Selonyane Last Name Facts

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

The last name Selonyane is carried by more people in Lesotho than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Selonyane? popularity and diffusion

It is the 703,644th most frequently held surname internationally, held by around 1 in 17,434,320 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Selonyane live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 956,749th most frequently used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 98 people.

The last name Selonyane is most frequently occurring in Lesotho, where it is carried by 350 people, or 1 in 5,807. In Lesotho Selonyane is most prevalent in: Leribe District, where 35 percent live, Maseru District, where 30 percent live and Berea District, where 16 percent live. Without taking into account Lesotho it occurs in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 16 percent live.

Selonyane Last Name Statistics demography

Selonyane earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 29.9% less than the national average, earning R 166,584 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 Selonyane
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