Phophoma Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Phophoma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Phophoma Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa171:3,186,924115,449
Lesotho31:677,51919,546

Phophoma Last Name Facts

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

The surname Phophoma is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Phophoma? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,427,875th most common surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Phophoma live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Phophoma is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 3,186,924. In South Africa Phophoma is primarily found in: North West, where 47 percent live, Gauteng, where 35 percent live and Eastern Cape, where 6 percent live. Apart from South Africa this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Lesotho, where 15 percent live.

Phophoma Last Name Statistics demography

Phophoma earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 63.58% less than the national average, earning R 86,544 per year.

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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 Phophoma
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