Pholoholo Surname

186,470th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,271 people bear this surname

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

Pholoholo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pholoholo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2,2631:23,9413,041
Botswana41:546,73222,624
England21:27,859,030389,889
Iceland11:380,09011,096
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Pholoholo (61) may also be a first name.

Pholoholo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pholoholo is found most frequently in South Africa. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pholoholo? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 186,470th most commonly held family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 3,208,959 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Pholoholo are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Pholoholo is also the 1,257,960th most commonly held first name on earth. It is borne by 61 people.

This last name is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is carried by 2,263 people, or 1 in 23,941. In South Africa Pholoholo is primarily found in: North West, where 65 percent live, Gauteng, where 13 percent live and Northern Cape, where 11 percent live. Besides South Africa it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 0 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Pholoholo Last Name Statistics demography

Pholoholo earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 53.15% less than the national average, earning R 111,324 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Phooloholo951/
Poloholo942/
Phloholo942/
Pholohole892/
Pholohola891/
Poloalo75141/
Phlihal631/
Paaloalo5919/
Poloalio591/
Flohil53267/
Falohul504/
Folahal503/
Flohill500/

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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 Pholoholo
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