Makhafola Surname

78,134th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,254 people bear this surname

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

Makhafola Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Makhafola Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa6,2181:8,7131,098
Lesotho271:75,2809,683
England51:11,143,612252,590
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Makhafola (38) may also be a first name.

Makhafola Last Name Facts

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

The surname Makhafola is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Makhafola.

How Common Is The Last Name Makhafola? popularity and diffusion

The surname Makhafola is the 78,134th most widely held last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 1,165,262 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Makhafola live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,662,754th most frequent forename internationally, held by 38 people.

Makhafola is most widely held in South Africa, where it is carried by 6,218 people, or 1 in 8,713. In South Africa Makhafola is most common in: Limpopo, where 44 percent reside, Gauteng, where 42 percent reside and North West, where 7 percent reside. Other than South Africa it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Lesotho, where 0 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Makhafola Last Name Statistics demography

Makhafola earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 21.18% less than the national average, earning R 187,308 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 Makhafola
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