Tefonyane Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Tefonyane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 12 | 1:169,380 | 13,459 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
Tefonyane (14) may also be a first name.
Tefonyane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tefonyane Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tefonyane is held by more people in Lesotho than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tefonyane? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,908,606th most common family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tefonyane are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most common first name throughout the world It is held by 14 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Lesotho, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 169,380. In Lesotho it is most numerous in: Berea District, where 83 percent are found, Leribe District, where 8 percent are found and Mokhotlong District, where 8 percent are found. Excluding Lesotho Tefonyane is found in one country. It also occurs in Botswana, where 25 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tefonyana | 89 | 1 | / |
| Tefonan | 88 | 3 | / |
| Tevonyan | 82 | 220 | / |
| Tefnani | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tfinane | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tevanyan | 71 | 1,437 | / |
| Tevonian | 71 | 53 | / |
| Tofenane | 71 | 48 | / |
| Tufanyan | 71 | 47 | / |
| Tofanyan | 71 | 12 | / |
| Tovanyan | 71 | 12 | / |
| Toyvanen | 71 | 7 | / |
| Taefunan | 71 | 6 | / |
| Toufouanane | 70 | 1 | / |
| Tevnan | 67 | 114 | / |
| Tefnin | 67 | 70 | / |
| Tufuanane | 67 | 21 | / |
| Tiefonhon | 67 | 2 | / |
| Tafnan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tifnan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Teevanyan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tevoniani | 67 | 1 | / |
| Toughnane | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Tefonyane
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