Mphalla Surname
Approximately 48 people bear this surname
Mphalla Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 47 | 1:43,246 | 7,178 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mphalla (44) may also be a first name.
Mphalla Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mphalla Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mphalla is found in Lesotho more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mphalla? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,808,717th most frequent last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 151,823,873 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mphalla reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Mphalla is also the 1,525,482nd most widely held first name world-wide, held by 44 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Lesotho, where it is carried by 47 people, or 1 in 43,246. In Lesotho it is primarily concentrated in: Thaba-Tseka District, where 72 percent are found and Maseru District, where 28 percent are found. Apart from Lesotho this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 2 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
- 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 Mphalla
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