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
The surname Maphea occurs more in Lesotho more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Maphea? popularity and diffusion
The last name Maphea is the 1,333,288th most common family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 43,378,250 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Maphea live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Maphea is also the 1,125,792nd most common first name worldwide. It is borne by 74 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Lesotho, where it is carried 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. Besides Lesotho it exists 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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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