Phakamisa Surname

500,196th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 658 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Phakamisa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Phakamisa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi4441:38,5575,632
South Africa1941:279,26727,511
Lesotho131:156,35113,063
Zambia61:2,641,65434,188
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Phakamisa (1,510) may also be a first name.

Phakamisa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Phakamisa is borne by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Phakamisa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Phakamisa is the 500,196th most widespread surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 11,075,298 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Phakamisa are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 199,962nd most frequently held given name on earth, held by 1,510 people.

Phakamisa is most common in Malawi, where it is carried by 444 people, or 1 in 38,557. Besides Malawi it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 29 percent live and Lesotho, where 2 percent live.

Phakamisa Last Name Statistics demography

Phakamisa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 79.04% less than the national average, earning R 49,812 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 Phakamisa
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