Makgahlela Surname

390,762nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 906 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Makgahlela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Makgahlela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa9011:60,1317,586
England41:13,929,515290,718
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Makgahlela (269) may also be a first name.

Makgahlela Last Name Facts

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

The last name Makgahlela occurs most in South Africa. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Makgahlela? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 390,762nd most widely held last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 8,043,649 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Makgahlela are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 542,091st most prevalent forename in the world. It is borne by 269 people.

This last name is most widely held in South Africa, where it is held by 901 people, or 1 in 60,131. In South Africa it is most common in: Limpopo, where 55 percent live, Gauteng, where 33 percent live and Free State, where 3 percent live. Without taking into account South Africa it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Makgahlela Last Name Statistics demography

Makgahlela earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 33.01% less than the national average, earning R 159,204 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
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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 Makgahlela
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