Phakamele Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Phakamele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Phakamele Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho31:677,51919,546
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Phakamele (53) may also be a first name.

Phakamele Last Name Facts

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

The surname Phakamele is borne by more people in Lesotho than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Phakamele? popularity and diffusion

The last name Phakamele is the 8,968,613th most widely held surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name Phakamele is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Phakamele live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Phakamele is also the 1,366,219th most commonly occurring forename in the world, borne by 53 people.

Phakamele is most frequent in Lesotho, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 677,519. In Lesotho Phakamele is mostly found in: Thaba-Tseka District, where 100 percent live. Beside Lesotho Phakamele exists in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 25 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Phakamile89337/
Phakamela89121/
Pakamile82521/
Pakamela8265/
Pakamale824/
Pakamila719/
Phokomela6731/
Pakamaaila633/
Pokomela5939/
Vakamali593/
Pokamali592/
Vacamole591/
Pakemali591/
Vakamoly591/
Vakamalli567/
Foukamile561/
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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 Phakamele
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