Mphelane Surname

455,289th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 744 people bear this surname

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

Mphelane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mphelane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa7401:73,2139,115
Botswana41:546,73222,624

Mphelane (151) may also be a first name.

Mphelane Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mphelane occurs most in South Africa. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Mphelane.

How Common Is The Last Name Mphelane? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 455,289th most prevalent surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 9,795,089 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mphelane are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 749,223rd most widely held first name internationally. It is borne by 151 people.

The last name is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is held by 740 people, or 1 in 73,213. In South Africa Mphelane is most common in: Limpopo, where 59 percent live, Gauteng, where 32 percent live and Mpumalanga, where 8 percent live. Excluding South Africa this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Botswana, where 1 percent live.

Mphelane Last Name Statistics demography

Mphelane earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 39.43% less than the national average, earning R 143,928 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 Mphelane
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