Maphenchane Surname

1,428,594th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 151 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Maphenchane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Maphenchane Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho1481:13,7343,035
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362

Maphenchane (24) may also be a first name.

Maphenchane Last Name Facts

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

The surname Maphenchane is more commonly found in Lesotho than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Maphenchane.

How Common Is The Last Name Maphenchane? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,428,594th most numerous last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 48,261,893 people. Maphenchane is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Maphenchane reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Maphenchane is also the 2,187,323rd most common first name internationally, held by 24 people.

The last name Maphenchane is most commonly held in Lesotho, where it is carried by 148 people, or 1 in 13,734. In Lesotho Maphenchane is most frequent in: Butha-Buthe District, where 81 percent live, Leribe District, where 14 percent live and Maseru District, where 3 percent live. Without taking into account Lesotho this last name exists in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mapenchane9520/
Mphenchane951/
Mephenchane911/
Mafenchane862/
Maphensane861/
Maphanchuan8241/
Mavanchin6035/
Mafunchin604/
Mvanchina601/
Mivanchina571/
Mohfengiang551/
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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 Maphenchane
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