Maphea Surname
Approximately 168 people bear this surname
Maphea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 164 | 1:12,394 | 2,758 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Maphea (74) may also be a first name.
Maphea Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maphea Come From? nationality or country of origin
Maphea is borne by more people in Lesotho than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Maphea? popularity and diffusion
The surname Maphea is the 1,333,288th most commonly occurring last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 43,378,250 people. The surname Maphea occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Maphea live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,125,792nd most widespread first name on earth It is held by 74 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Lesotho, where it is held by 164 people, or 1 in 12,394. In Lesotho Maphea is mostly concentrated in: Berea District, where 81 percent live, Leribe District, where 18 percent live and Maseru District, where 1 percent live. Excluding Lesotho it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 2 percent live and Kenya, where 1 percent live.
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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 Maphea
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