Mphekwa Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Mphekwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 7 | 1:290,365 | 15,938 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mphekwa (74) may also be a first name.
Mphekwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mphekwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mphekwa is held by more people in Lesotho than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mphekwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,723,624th most frequently held last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. Mphekwa is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mphekwa are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Mphekwa is also the 1,125,792nd most frequent given name worldwide. It is borne by 74 people.
The surname is most frequent in Lesotho, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 290,365. In Lesotho it is mostly concentrated in: Quthing District, where 100 percent reside. Barring Lesotho this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 13 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 Mphekwa
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