Mphahamele Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Mphahamele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 38 | 1:53,488 | 8,156 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mphahamele (131) may also be a first name.
Mphahamele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mphahamele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mphahamele is found most frequently in Lesotho. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mphahamele? popularity and diffusion
Mphahamele is the 3,141,416th most frequent surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mphahamele live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 811,108th most frequently used given name internationally. It is borne by 131 people.
The last name Mphahamele is most frequently held in Lesotho, where it is carried by 38 people, or 1 in 53,488. In Lesotho it is mostly concentrated in: Leribe District, where 42 percent are found, Butha-Buthe District, where 26 percent are found and Mafeteng District, where 16 percent are found. Outside of Lesotho it occurs in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 3 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
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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 Mphahamele
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