Phosa Surname
Approximately 4,762 people bear this surname
Phosa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 4,206 | 1:12,881 | 1,611 |
| Lesotho | 263 | 1:7,728 | 1,691 |
| Zimbabwe | 115 | 1:134,246 | 17,609 |
| Thailand | 85 | 1:831,039 | 133,417 |
| Botswana | 39 | 1:56,075 | 10,323 |
| India | 28 | 1:27,395,192 | 354,286 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Taiwan | 6 | 1:3,907,458 | 23,065 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Phosa (595) may also be a first name.
Phosa Demographics
Average Phosa Salary in
South Africa
R 221,724
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Phosa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Phosa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Phosa (Hindi: फोसा) has its highest incidence in South Africa. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Phosa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Phosa is the 99,411th most common surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,530,354 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Phosa are found; 97 percent are found in Southern Africa and 97 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Phosa is also the 342,839th most common given name at a global level, held by 595 people.
The surname is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is held by 4,206 people, or 1 in 12,881. In South Africa Phosa is primarily found in: Limpopo, where 52 percent reside, Gauteng, where 34 percent reside and North West, where 6 percent reside. Besides South Africa this surname occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in Lesotho, where 6 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 2 percent reside.
Phosa Last Name Statistics demography
Phosa earn somewhat less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 6.7% less than the national average, earning R 221,724 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Phosa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Phosa in the Hindi language | ||
| फोसा | phosa | - |
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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 Phosa
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