Maqubela Surname

167,097th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,589 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Maqubela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Maqubela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2,5631:21,1382,679
England101:5,571,806158,774
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
United States81:45,307,367917,113

Maqubela Last Name Facts

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

Maqubela occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Maqubela? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 167,097th most prevalent last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 2,814,811 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Maqubela live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is borne by 2,563 people, or 1 in 21,138. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Eastern Cape, where 59 percent are found, Gauteng, where 17 percent are found and Western Cape, where 9 percent are found. Excluding South Africa this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent are found and Canada, where 0 percent are found.

Maqubela Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Maqubela earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 7.24% less than the national average, earning R 220,428 per year and in Canada they earn 21.07% more than the national average, earning $60,151 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Magqubela941/
Maqubelo8812/
Moqubela882/
Maqubala881/
Maquballa821/
Maqbola8042/
Macbela801/
Makbela801/
Maqbolah758/
Makhbela751/
Mosqbela751/
Makhuela751/
Maqbolaah712/
Makhuhela711/
Mokbela672/
Makvela671/
Makhwela63128/
Makhuila6319/
Makhuelo631/
Makwempela561/
MacBeasley561/
Makhwelo50292/
Mokhwela5072/
Makvilay5054/
MacVilay5015/
MacVilla509/
Makvilai508/

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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 Maqubela
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