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
The surname Maphola is found most frequently in Botswana. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Maphola click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Maphola? popularity and diffusion
The surname Maphola is the 4,307,654th most widely held last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Maphola reside; 95 percent reside in Southern Africa and 95 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most widespread in Botswana, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 128,643. Other than Botswana this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 14 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 5 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 Maphola
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