Phakama Surname

1,691,963rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 116 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Botswana
Highest density in:
Botswana

Phakama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Phakama Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Botswana771:28,4025,684
South Africa331:1,641,74981,435
Lesotho41:508,14018,568
England11:55,718,059489,080
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Phakama (4,427) may also be a first name.

Phakama Last Name Facts

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

The last name Phakama is most common in Botswana. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Phakama? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,691,963rd most frequent surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 62,823,672 people. The last name Phakama occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Phakama reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Phakama is also the 103,580th most numerous first name internationally It is held by 4,427 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Botswana, where it is borne by 77 people, or 1 in 28,402. Excluding Botswana it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 28 percent are found and Lesotho, where 3 percent are found.

Phakama Last Name Statistics demography

Phakama earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 21.86% less than the national average, earning R 185,700 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
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  • 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 Phakama
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