Semakane Surname

744,013th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 387 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Semakane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Semakane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3871:139,99416,127

Semakane (291) may also be a first name.

Semakane Last Name Facts

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

The surname Semakane is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Semakane.

How Common Is The Last Name Semakane? popularity and diffusion

The surname Semakane is the 744,013th most frequently used surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 18,830,868 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Semakane live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 517,703rd most prevalent given name on earth, held by 291 people.

Semakane is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 387 people, or 1 in 139,994. In South Africa Semakane is most frequent in: North West, where 68 percent reside, Gauteng, where 27 percent reside and Western Cape, where 3 percent reside.

Semakane Last Name Statistics demography

Semakane earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 39.52% less than the national average, earning R 143,712 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
  • 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 Semakane
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