Pheela Surname
Approximately 76 people bear this surname
Pheela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 56 | 1:36,296 | 6,453 |
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Pheela (31) may also be a first name.
Pheela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pheela Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pheela is carried by more people in Lesotho than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pheela? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,168,711th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 95,888,762 people. Pheela is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Pheela reside; 75 percent reside in Southern Africa and 75 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Pheela is also the 1,874,099th most common first name globally, held by 31 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Lesotho, where it is carried by 56 people, or 1 in 36,296. In Lesotho Pheela is primarily found in: Leribe District, where 98 percent reside and Mohale's Hoek District, where 2 percent reside. Outside of Lesotho this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 21 percent reside and Taiwan, where 4 percent reside.
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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 Pheela
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