Poffadder Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Namibia

Poffadder Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Poffadder Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa141:3,869,836127,494
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676

Poffadder Last Name Facts

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

Poffadder is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Poffadder? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,057,639th most frequently held last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname Poffadder is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Poffadder live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 3,869,836. In South Africa Poffadder is mostly concentrated in: Northern Cape, where 50 percent are found and Western Cape, where 50 percent are found. Without taking into account South Africa this surname exists in one country. It is also common in Namibia, where 7 percent are found.

Poffadder Last Name Statistics demography

Poffadder earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 284.18% more than the national average, earning R 912,948 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pofadder94520/
Poffader942/
Pofader882/
Pafadder821/
Pofade8035/
Potfade75554/
Popfade751/
Pofhade751/
Potfhade7110/
Photfade715/
Potfaade711/
Pofadi677/
Pafade672/
Potfode635,084/
Potphade5925/
Potfhode592/
Photfode591/
Pothfode591/
Pophaides5615/
Pothphade565/
Poophadee561/
Pafada5334/
Patfode501/

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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 Poffadder
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