Phiela Surname
Approximately 137 people bear this surname
Phiela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 133 | 1:15,282 | 3,323 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Phiela (43) may also be a first name.
Phiela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Phiela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Phiela is more commonly found in Lesotho than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Phiela? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,518,885th most common family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 53,193,766 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Phiela reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Phiela is also the 1,545,828th most common given name world-wide, borne by 43 people.
It is most frequently held in Lesotho, where it is borne by 133 people, or 1 in 15,282. In Lesotho Phiela is mostly concentrated in: Berea District, where 47 percent live, Thaba-Tseka District, where 33 percent live and Maseru District, where 16 percent live. Excluding Lesotho this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 2 percent live and Iceland, where 1 percent live.
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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 Phiela
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