Mphalele Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

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

Mphalele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mphalele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa181:3,009,872112,058
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Mphalele (22) may also be a first name.

Mphalele Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mphalele is most common in South Africa. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mphalele? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,532,898th most frequent family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mphalele are found; 95 percent are found in Southern Africa and 95 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Mphalele is also the 2,301,746th most frequently used first name globally, held by 22 people.

The surname Mphalele is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 3,009,872. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Limpopo, where 50 percent live, Gauteng, where 44 percent live and Eastern Cape, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account South Africa this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Kenya, where 5 percent live.

Mphalele Last Name Statistics demography

Mphalele earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 52.8% less than the national average, earning R 112,176 per year.

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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 Mphalele
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