Vanana Surname
Approximately 203 people bear this surname
Vanana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 90 | 1:601,974 | 45,802 |
| India | 68 | 1:11,280,373 | 208,492 |
| Papua New Guinea | 32 | 1:254,804 | 34,943 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Vanana (160) may also be a first name.
Vanana Demographics
Average Vanana Salary in
South Africa
R 87,636
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Vanana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vanana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Vanana (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﻨﺎﻧﻪ, Hindi: वन्दना, Marathi: वंदना) is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Vanana click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vanana? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,173,425th most widespread surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 35,899,241 people. The last name Vanana is mostly found in Africa, where 47 percent of Vanana reside; 44 percent reside in Southern Africa and 44 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 725,185th most common forename in the world, borne by 160 people.
The surname Vanana is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is borne by 90 people, or 1 in 601,974. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Western Cape, where 68 percent live, Eastern Cape, where 14 percent live and Free State, where 9 percent live. Beside South Africa Vanana is found in 9 countries. It is also common in India, where 33 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 16 percent live.
Vanana Last Name Statistics demography
Vanana earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 63.12% less than the national average, earning R 87,636 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vanana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vanana in the Marathi language | ||
| वंदना | vandana | 83.33 |
| वदंना | vadanna | 16.67 |
| Vanana in the Hindi language | ||
| वन्दना | vandana | 66.67 |
| वंदना | vandana | 33.33 |
| Vanana in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻓﻨﺎﻧﻪ | fnanh | 60 |
| ﻓﻨﺎﻧﺔ | fnant | 20 |
| ﻓﻨﺎﻥ | fnan | 20 |
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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 Vanana
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