Maphanya Surname

3,017,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42 people bear this surname

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

Maphanya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Maphanya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa411:1,321,40772,211
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Maphanya Last Name Facts

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

The last name Maphanya occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Maphanya? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,017,195th most commonly held surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Maphanya live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

It is most frequent in South Africa, where it is carried by 41 people, or 1 in 1,321,407. In South Africa Maphanya is most prevalent in: Mpumalanga, where 51 percent live, Gauteng, where 34 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 10 percent live. Beside South Africa this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Thailand, where 2 percent live.

Maphanya Last Name Statistics demography

Maphanya earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 86.25% less than the national average, earning R 32,676 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Maphganya942/
Mapanya93717/
Mapfanya88190/
Matpanya8880/
Maphonya885/
Mophanya884/
Maphanja883/
Mapeanya881/
Maphanha881/
Mafhanya881/
Maypanya881/
Maponya8011,950/
Mafanya802,999/
Mopanya8034/
Mapagna807/
Mapania801/
Moopanya755/
Maponyas751/
Maponyaj751/
Mmaponya751/
Maiponya751/
Maifanya751/
Mahapanyo711/
Mapanha678/
Mafonya676/
Mafanja676/
Mafanyo675/
Mapanio673/
Moponya672/
Mafania672/
Mafanea671/
Mafagna671/
Mopanja671/
Mapaneo671/

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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 Maphanya
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