Phalandwa Surname

406,240th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 862 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Phalandwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Phalandwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa8601:62,9977,924
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
England11:55,718,059489,080

Phalandwa (547) may also be a first name.

Phalandwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Phalandwa has its highest incidence in South Africa. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Phalandwa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 406,240th most commonly used last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,454,230 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Phalandwa are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Phalandwa is also the 360,211th most frequent first name at a global level, borne by 547 people.

The surname is most frequent in South Africa, where it is held by 860 people, or 1 in 62,997. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Limpopo, where 64 percent are found, Gauteng, where 31 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 2 percent are found. Besides South Africa this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Botswana, where 0 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Phalandwa Last Name Statistics demography

Phalandwa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 51.46% less than the national average, earning R 115,356 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Phalanndwa951,533/
Phalanddwa951/
Phalamndwa951/
Palandwa948/
Phalantwa8961/
Phalandwe893/
Phalamdwa892/
Phalanndwe841/
Fallandweih602/
Pelontwa5928/

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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 Phalandwa
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