Maphola Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Maphola Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Maphola Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maphola Come From? nationality or country of origin
Maphola is carried by more people in Botswana than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Maphola.
How Common Is The Last Name Maphola? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,307,654th most commonly held family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. The surname Maphola occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Maphola are found; 95 percent are found in Southern Africa and 95 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Maphola is most frequent in Botswana, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 128,643. Other than Botswana this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 14 percent live and The DR Congo, 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
- 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 Maphola
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