Semelane Surname

337,747th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,090 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Semelane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Semelane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa6971:77,7309,640
Lesotho3191:6,3721,335
France731:909,900105,096
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Semelane (35) may also be a first name.

Semelane Last Name Facts

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

Semelane is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Semelane? popularity and diffusion

It is the 337,747th most prevalent last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 6,685,822 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Semelane reside; 93 percent reside in Southern Africa and 93 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,744,716th most frequently used first name internationally, held by 35 people.

This last name is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is held by 697 people, or 1 in 77,730. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Gauteng, where 37 percent are found, North West, where 16 percent are found and Mpumalanga, where 16 percent are found. Aside from South Africa this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Lesotho, where 29 percent are found and France, where 7 percent are found.

Semelane Last Name Statistics demography

Semelane earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 52.59% less than the national average, earning R 112,656 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 Semelane
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