Maphondo Surname

1,565,797th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 131 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Maphondo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Maphondo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1021:531,15442,340
Botswana281:78,10513,263
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402

Maphondo (22) may also be a first name.

Maphondo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Maphondo has its highest incidence in South Africa. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Maphondo? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,565,797th most frequently used family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 55,630,121 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Maphondo live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most frequently occurring first name worldwide It is held by 22 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 102 people, or 1 in 531,154. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Limpopo, where 48 percent reside, Gauteng, where 40 percent reside and KwaZulu-Natal, where 7 percent reside. Aside from South Africa it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Botswana, where 21 percent reside and Lesotho, where 1 percent reside.

Maphondo Last Name Statistics demography

Maphondo earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 66.71% less than the national average, earning R 79,116 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mapondo932,748/
Maphonda88335/
Mafhondo8825/
Mophondo884/
Mapondou881/
Mapoendo881/
Mabpondo881/
Mapando801,205/
Maponda80965/
Mopondo80713/
Mapundo80370/
Mafondo8035/
Mapfoundou781/
Maphanda75280/
Moupondo7548/
Mabpundo7515/
Mepondou7511/
Maphunda754/
Mapfundo752/
Mafondou752/
Mafondop751/
Mafoundou71107/
Mahfundoh715/
Moiphando711/
Mepoundou711/
Mopoundou711/
Mapunda67112,643/
Mapanda674,095/
Mofondo67232/
Moponda67219/
Mafundo67160/
Mefondo6717/
Mafando6711/
Mofando674/
Mafonda672/
Mashfandoh671/
Mouphounda671/

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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 Maphondo
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