Phumelele Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Swaziland

Phumelele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Phumelele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa231:2,355,55298,611
England21:27,859,030389,889
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Phumelele (26,603) may also be a first name.

Phumelele Last Name Facts

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

Phumelele occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Phumelele.

How Common Is The Last Name Phumelele? popularity and diffusion

Phumelele is the 3,798,600th most widely held family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Phumelele live; 89 percent live in Southern Africa and 89 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Phumelele is also the 30,538th most prevalent first name internationally, held by 26,603 people.

Phumelele is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 2,355,552. In South Africa it is most common in: Gauteng, where 43 percent reside, KwaZulu-Natal, where 43 percent reside and Eastern Cape, where 9 percent reside. Beside South Africa this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 7 percent reside and Swaziland, where 4 percent reside.

Phumelele Last Name Statistics demography

Phumelele earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 90.6% less than the national average, earning R 22,332 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pumelele9464/
Phumelela893/
Phumelelo893/
Phomelele891/
Vhumelela781/
Phumlal751/
Phumlile713/
Phomleli712/
Pomelile711/
Phumlolo711/
Phamolela671/
Pumallaly561/

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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 Phumelele
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