Maphokhe Surname
Approximately 62 people bear this surname
Maphokhe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 59 | 1:34,450 | 6,217 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
Maphokhe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maphokhe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Maphokhe is most common in Lesotho. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Maphokhe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,436,415th most frequently used last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 117,541,063 people. The surname Maphokhe is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Maphokhe reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most prevalent in Lesotho, where it is held by 59 people, or 1 in 34,450. In Lesotho it is most common in: Thaba-Tseka District, where 53 percent live, Quthing District, where 34 percent live and Qacha's Nek District, where 12 percent live. Apart from Lesotho this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 5 percent live.
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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
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- 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 Maphokhe
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