Sphamla Surname

1,931,261st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 93 people bear this surname

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

Sphamla Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sphamla Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa931:582,55644,854

Sphamla Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sphamla is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sphamla? popularity and diffusion

Sphamla is the 1,931,261st most frequently held last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 78,360,709 people. Sphamla occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sphamla are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most numerous in South Africa, where it is borne by 93 people, or 1 in 582,556. In South Africa Sphamla is most prevalent in: Eastern Cape, where 72 percent reside, KwaZulu-Natal, where 17 percent reside and Free State, where 6 percent reside.

Sphamla Last Name Statistics demography

Sphamla earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 26.9% less than the national average, earning R 173,724 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Spamla92228/
Sphemla861/
Spamhla861/
Spanla772/
Spamlo771/
Spanella678/
Spanilla672/
Spannella631/
Spanley5794/
Spanlou571/
Sponella531/
Sponilla531/
Spainley530/
Spanuello5015/
Spannello501/

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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 Sphamla
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