Maherero Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Maherero Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Maherero Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Maherero Last Name Facts

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

The last name Maherero is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Maherero? popularity and diffusion

The last name Maherero is the 7,593,402nd most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname Maherero occurs mostly in Africa, where 83 percent of Maherero reside; 50 percent reside in Southern Africa and 50 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 27,088,852. In South Africa it is most common in: Gauteng, where 100 percent live. Outside of South Africa this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Botswana, where 17 percent live and The DR Congo, where 17 percent live.

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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
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  • 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 Maherero
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