Maphalala Surname

52,977th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,655 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Swaziland

Maphalala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Maphalala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa6,7361:8,0431,019
Swaziland2,6531:48988
Lesotho1301:15,6353,398
Botswana831:26,3495,307
England171:3,277,533109,658
Ethiopia91:10,838,47414,518
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Zimbabwe61:2,573,040106,478
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Poland11:38,008,749231,653

Maphalala (31) may also be a first name.

Maphalala Last Name Facts

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

The last name Maphalala is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Maphalala? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 52,977th most widely held surname internationally, held by around 1 in 754,795 people. The last name Maphalala occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Maphalala reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Maphalala is also the 1,874,099th most frequently occurring first name globally, borne by 31 people.

The last name is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is borne by 6,736 people, or 1 in 8,043. In South Africa it is most frequent in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 51 percent are found, Gauteng, where 29 percent are found and Free State, where 10 percent are found. Outside of South Africa this surname is found in 13 countries. It is also found in Swaziland, where 27 percent are found and Lesotho, where 1 percent are found.

Maphalala Last Name Statistics demography

Maphalala earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 28.51% less than the national average, earning R 169,884 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 Maphalala
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