Maphindela Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Maphindela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Maphindela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa271:2,006,58290,678

Maphindela (22) may also be a first name.

Maphindela Last Name Facts

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

Maphindela is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Maphindela.

How Common Is The Last Name Maphindela? popularity and diffusion

Maphindela is the 3,798,600th most frequently occurring surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name Maphindela is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Maphindela live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most frequent first name in the world. It is borne by 22 people.

It is most common in South Africa, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 2,006,582. In South Africa Maphindela is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 30 percent reside, KwaZulu-Natal, where 30 percent reside and Western Cape, where 19 percent reside.

Maphindela Last Name Statistics demography

Maphindela earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 51.51% less than the national average, earning R 115,224 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 Maphindela
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