Phumzile Surname

2,635,433rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 54 people bear this surname

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

Phumzile Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Phumzile Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa441:1,231,31169,478
England41:13,929,515290,718
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Phumzile (64,889) may also be a first name.

Phumzile Last Name Facts

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

The surname Phumzile occurs most in South Africa. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Phumzile.

How Common Is The Last Name Phumzile? popularity and diffusion

The last name Phumzile is the 2,635,433rd most widely held surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 134,954,554 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 85 percent of Phumzile are found; 85 percent are found in Southern Africa and 85 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 14,830th most common given name in the world It is held by 64,889 people.

This last name is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is carried by 44 people, or 1 in 1,231,311. In South Africa Phumzile is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 30 percent live, Gauteng, where 27 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 18 percent live. Excluding South Africa it occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in England, where 7 percent live and The United States, where 4 percent live.

Phumzile Last Name Statistics demography

Phumzile earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 25.05% less than the national average, earning R 178,104 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Phumuzile942/
Pumzile932/
Phumasilwe783/
Phumsilo75123/
Phumsila7524/
Phungile753/
Phumzela751/
Phumsalee712/
Phumisila711/
Pungile6752/
Pumsila674/
Punzila671/
Punzele671/
Funzile671/

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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
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  • 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 Phumzile
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