Maqhai Surname
Approximately 100 people bear this surname
Maqhai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 98 | 1:20,740 | 4,299 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Maqhai (13) may also be a first name.
Maqhai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maqhai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Maqhai occurs in Lesotho more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Maqhai? popularity and diffusion
Maqhai is the 1,849,867th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 72,875,459 people. The surname Maqhai is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Maqhai live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most commonly occurring first name on earth It is held by 13 people.
The surname Maqhai is most frequent in Lesotho, where it is borne by 98 people, or 1 in 20,740. In Lesotho it is primarily concentrated in: Butha-Buthe District, where 49 percent live, Maseru District, where 39 percent live and Leribe District, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account Lesotho it occurs in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 2 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 Maqhai
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