Thanyane Surname

796,486th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 353 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Thanyane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thanyane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2961:183,03320,025
Botswana551:39,7627,636
Lesotho21:1,016,27921,693

Thanyane (225) may also be a first name.

Thanyane Last Name Facts

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

The surname Thanyane has its highest incidence in South Africa. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Thanyane? popularity and diffusion

It is the 796,486th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 20,644,606 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Thanyane live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 599,828th most frequently occurring first name on earth It is held by 225 people.

It is most numerous in South Africa, where it is borne by 296 people, or 1 in 183,033. In South Africa Thanyane is mostly found in: Gauteng, where 54 percent are found, Limpopo, where 24 percent are found and Eastern Cape, where 10 percent are found. Besides South Africa it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 16 percent are found and Lesotho, where 1 percent are found.

Thanyane Last Name Statistics demography

Thanyane earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 48.82% less than the national average, earning R 121,620 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 Thanyane
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