Maqhama Surname
Approximately 276 people bear this surname
Maqhama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 274 | 1:7,418 | 1,610 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Maqhama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maqhama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Maqhama is held by more people in Lesotho than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Maqhama? popularity and diffusion
The last name Maqhama is the 948,111th most frequently occurring last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 26,404,152 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Maqhama reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
It is most widely held in Lesotho, where it is borne by 274 people, or 1 in 7,418. In Lesotho Maqhama is primarily concentrated in: Mokhotlong District, where 73 percent reside, Berea District, where 12 percent reside and Maseru District, where 5 percent reside. Barring Lesotho this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Maqhama
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