Phahama Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Phahama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
Phahama (5) may also be a first name.
Phahama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Phahama Come From? nationality or country of origin
Phahama is found most frequently in South Africa. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Phahama? popularity and diffusion
The surname Phahama is the 8,968,613th most widespread family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Phahama live; 50 percent live in Southern Africa and 50 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 5,493,085th most frequently used first name at a global level It is held by 5 people.
Phahama is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 27,088,852. In South Africa Phahama is mostly concentrated in: Free State, where 100 percent live. Other than South Africa this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Thailand, where 50 percent live.
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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 Phahama
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