Phothela Surname
Approximately 71 people bear this surname
Phothela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 40 | 1:50,814 | 7,910 |
| South Africa | 31 | 1:1,747,668 | 84,236 |
Phothela Demographics
Average Phothela Salary in
South Africa
R 42,180
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Phothela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Phothela Come From? nationality or country of origin
Phothela is carried by more people in Lesotho than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Phothela? popularity and diffusion
The surname Phothela is the 2,255,512th most commonly held surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 102,641,492 people. Phothela is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Phothela reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently used in Lesotho, where it is borne by 40 people, or 1 in 50,814. In Lesotho Phothela is most common in: Leribe District, where 60 percent live, Thaba-Tseka District, where 25 percent live and Maseru District, where 15 percent live. Other than Lesotho this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 44 percent live.
Phothela Last Name Statistics demography
Phothela earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 82.25% less than the national average, earning R 42,180 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 Phothela
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