Phakela Surname
Approximately 623 people bear this surname
Phakela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 387 | 1:139,994 | 16,127 |
| Lesotho | 153 | 1:13,285 | 2,946 |
| Botswana | 83 | 1:26,349 | 5,307 |
Phakela (105) may also be a first name.
Phakela Demographics
Average Phakela Salary in
South Africa
R 219,528
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Phakela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Phakela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Phakela is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Phakela? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 521,888th most commonly used family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 11,697,505 people. The surname Phakela is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Phakela reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Phakela is also the 920,134th most prevalent first name world-wide It is held by 105 people.
This last name is most common in South Africa, where it is borne by 387 people, or 1 in 139,994. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Gauteng, where 32 percent live, Free State, where 26 percent live and North West, where 24 percent live. Outside of South Africa Phakela is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Lesotho, where 25 percent live and Botswana, where 13 percent live.
Phakela Last Name Statistics demography
Phakela earn somewhat less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 7.62% less than the national average, earning R 219,528 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
- 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 Phakela
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