Shakhane Surname
Approximately 1,266 people bear this surname
Shakhane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 1,160 | 1:1,752 | 187 |
| South Africa | 104 | 1:520,939 | 41,780 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Shakhane (195) may also be a first name.
Shakhane Demographics
Average Shakhane Salary in
South Africa
R 110,664
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Shakhane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shakhane Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shakhane (Georgian: შახანე) is more commonly found in Lesotho than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shakhane? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 300,337th most widely held family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 5,756,355 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Shakhane live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 649,894th most widely held first name worldwide It is held by 195 people.
The surname Shakhane is most frequently held in Lesotho, where it is held by 1,160 people, or 1 in 1,752. In Lesotho it is primarily concentrated in: Maseru District, where 29 percent live, Mohale's Hoek District, where 26 percent live and Mafeteng District, where 23 percent live. Barring Lesotho this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 8 percent live and Australia, where 0 percent live.
Shakhane Last Name Statistics demography
Shakhane earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 53.43% less than the national average, earning R 110,664 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shakhane Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shakhane in the Georgian language | ||
| შახანე | shakhane | - |
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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 Shakhane
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