Phakala Surname
Approximately 238 people bear this surname
Phakala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 183 | 1:93,547 | 11,397 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Phakala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Phakala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Phakala is found in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Phakala? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,052,587th most commonly held family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 30,619,941 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Phakala live; 79 percent live in Southern Africa and 79 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
Phakala is most common in Malawi, where it is carried by 183 people, or 1 in 93,547. Excluding Malawi Phakala occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 20 percent live and Botswana, where 2 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 Phakala
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