Tanyane Surname

655,080th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 460 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Tanyane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tanyane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa4071:133,11515,513
Lesotho531:38,3506,671
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland81:553,73317,655
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299

Tanyane (45) may also be a first name.

Tanyane Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tanyane is found most in South Africa. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Tanyane? popularity and diffusion

It is the 655,080th most commonly held family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 15,842,491 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tanyane are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,504,468th most frequently used first name in the world, held by 45 people.

The surname is most common in South Africa, where it is carried by 407 people, or 1 in 133,115. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: North West, where 38 percent live, Free State, where 32 percent live and Gauteng, where 14 percent live. Outside of South Africa Tanyane exists in one country. It is also common in Lesotho, where 12 percent live.

Tanyane Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Tanyane surname is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

Tanyane earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 43.16% less than the national average, earning R 135,084 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 Tanyane
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