Maphakela Surname

234,573rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,717 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Maphakela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Maphakela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,4011:38,6714,975
Botswana2651:8,2531,453
Lesotho421:48,3947,686
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
England21:27,859,030389,889
Wales21:1,547,26639,871

Maphakela (356) may also be a first name.

Maphakela Last Name Facts

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

The surname Maphakela is found most frequently in South Africa. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Maphakela.

How Common Is The Last Name Maphakela? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 234,573rd most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 4,244,348 people. Maphakela is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Maphakela reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 461,707th most frequent first name at a global level, held by 356 people.

It is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 1,401 people, or 1 in 38,671. In South Africa it is most common in: Limpopo, where 40 percent live, Gauteng, where 36 percent live and North West, where 16 percent live. Beside South Africa Maphakela exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Botswana, where 15 percent live and Lesotho, where 2 percent live.

Maphakela Last Name Statistics demography

Maphakela earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 27.74% less than the national average, earning R 171,708 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 Maphakela
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