Maphindani Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Maphindani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Maphindani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa251:2,167,10894,352
Botswana221:99,40615,343

Maphindani Last Name Facts

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

The surname Maphindani is most common in South Africa. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Maphindani? popularity and diffusion

Maphindani is the 2,843,861st most commonly used last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. The surname Maphindani occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Maphindani live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is borne by 25 people, or 1 in 2,167,108. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Limpopo, where 80 percent are found, Gauteng, where 16 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 4 percent are found. Without taking into account South Africa this surname exists in one country. It is also common in Botswana, where 47 percent are found.

Maphindani Last Name Statistics demography

Maphindani earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 80.63% less than the national average, earning R 46,032 per year.

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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 Maphindani
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