Sponkane Surname

2,530,696th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 58 people bear this surname

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

Sponkane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sponkane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa581:934,09859,404

Sponkane Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sponkane is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sponkane? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,530,696th most widely held surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 125,647,343 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sponkane live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

It is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is carried by 58 people, or 1 in 934,098. In South Africa Sponkane is most numerous in: North West, where 69 percent live, Northern Cape, where 17 percent live and Gauteng, where 12 percent live.

Sponkane Last Name Statistics demography

Sponkane earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 78.32% less than the national average, earning R 51,528 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 Sponkane
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