Maphise Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Maphise Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Maphise (8) may also be a first name.
Maphise Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maphise Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Maphise is found most in South Africa. It can be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Maphise.
How Common Is The Last Name Maphise? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,723,624th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. Maphise is mostly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Maphise are found; 88 percent are found in Southern Africa and 88 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 4,213,784th most frequently held first name on earth It is held by 8 people.
The surname is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 7,739,672. In South Africa it is most common in: Gauteng, where 57 percent are found, KwaZulu-Natal, where 29 percent are found and Free State, where 14 percent are found. Not including South Africa this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Brazil, where 13 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 Maphise
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