Smelane Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Swaziland

Smelane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Smelane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa161:3,386,106119,139
Swaziland41:324,550996

Smelane Last Name Facts

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

The surname Smelane is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Smelane? popularity and diffusion

The surname Smelane is the 4,427,875th most widespread last name internationally, held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name Smelane is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Smelane live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most widespread in South Africa, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 3,386,106. In South Africa Smelane is most numerous in: Mpumalanga, where 56 percent live and Gauteng, where 44 percent live. Without taking into account South Africa it occurs in one country. It is also found in Swaziland, where 20 percent live.

Smelane Last Name Statistics demography

Smelane earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 86.63% less than the national average, earning R 31,776 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 Smelane
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