Ramaphosa Surname

770,644th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 369 people bear this surname

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

Ramaphosa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ramaphosa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3591:150,91317,111
England31:18,572,686338,250
China21:683,660,78330,601
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ramaphosa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ramaphosa occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Ramaphosa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ramaphosa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 770,644th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 19,749,447 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Ramaphosa live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequent in South Africa, where it is carried by 359 people, or 1 in 150,913. In South Africa it is most common in: Gauteng, where 48 percent live, Limpopo, where 47 percent live and North West, where 3 percent live. Without taking into account South Africa this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent live and China, where 1 percent live.

Ramaphosa Last Name Statistics demography

Ramaphosa earn significantly more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 32.95% more than the national average, earning R 315,936 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 Ramaphosa
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