Maphetha Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Maphetha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 27 | 1:75,280 | 9,683 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
Maphetha (13) may also be a first name.
Maphetha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maphetha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Maphetha is found most in Lesotho. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Maphetha click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Maphetha? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,274,477th most frequently held last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 202,431,831 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Maphetha live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Maphetha is also the 3,159,357th most frequently occurring first name globally It is held by 13 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Lesotho, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 75,280. In Lesotho it is most common in: Maseru District, where 89 percent are found, Butha-Buthe District, where 4 percent are found and Leribe District, where 4 percent are found. Not including Lesotho Maphetha exists in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 25 percent are found.
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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 Maphetha
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