Phohla Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Phohla Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 7 | 1:290,365 | 15,938 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Phohla (9) may also be a first name.
Phohla Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Phohla Come From? nationality or country of origin
Phohla occurs more in Lesotho more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Phohla click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Phohla? popularity and diffusion
The surname Phohla is the 6,360,413th most commonly used family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. Phohla is mostly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Phohla live; 89 percent live in Southern Africa and 89 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Phohla is also the 3,941,740th most widely held given name throughout the world, held by 9 people.
Phohla is most numerous in Lesotho, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 290,365. In Lesotho it is most numerous in: Berea District, where 71 percent live, Maseru District, where 14 percent live and Thaba-Tseka District, where 14 percent live. Barring Lesotho Phohla occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Myanmar, where 11 percent live and South Africa, where 11 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
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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 Phohla
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