Phokompe Surname

526,921st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 615 people bear this surname

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

Phokompe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Phokompe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa5951:91,05511,157
Botswana171:128,64318,229
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080

Phokompe (64) may also be a first name.

Phokompe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Phokompe is found most in South Africa. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Phokompe? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 526,921st most numerous last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 11,849,668 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Phokompe live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Phokompe is also the 1,223,525th most frequently occurring first name on earth, borne by 64 people.

This last name is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 595 people, or 1 in 91,055. In South Africa Phokompe is most numerous in: North West, where 84 percent are found, Gauteng, where 13 percent are found and Free State, where 1 percent are found. Excluding South Africa Phokompe occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Botswana, where 3 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Phokompe Last Name Statistics demography

Phokompe earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 50.61% less than the national average, earning R 117,372 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Phokompie941/
Pokompe933/
Phokompi884/
Pokompie881/
Phokampe881/
Pokompi801/
Phokobje7557/
Phokobie752/
Potkamper711/
Phokampha711/
Potkamp67185/
Pottkämper67101/
Pottkamper676/
Phokhampha675/
Phokave671/

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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 Phokompe
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