Thakaphala Surname
Approximately 78 people bear this surname
Thakaphala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 77 | 1:26,397 | 5,202 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Thakaphala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Thakaphala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Thakaphala has its highest incidence in Lesotho. It can also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Thakaphala.
How Common Is The Last Name Thakaphala? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,136,387th most widely held surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 93,430,076 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Thakaphala live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Lesotho, where it is held by 77 people, or 1 in 26,397. In Lesotho Thakaphala is most frequent in: Mohale's Hoek District, where 39 percent live, Mokhotlong District, where 36 percent live and Mafeteng District, where 14 percent live. Outside of Lesotho this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Takapala | 89 | 3 | / |
| Taekapala | 84 | 9 | / |
| Takkapatla | 80 | 3 | / |
| Thakapalli | 80 | 1 | / |
| Thakapalle | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tekapala | 78 | 122 | / |
| Thakkapally | 76 | 1 | / |
| Takavahla | 74 | 29 | / |
| Takkapali | 74 | 1 | / |
| Takapally | 74 | 1 | / |
| Thakafale | 74 | 1 | / |
| Takkapalli | 70 | 3 | / |
| Taikapalli | 70 | 2 | / |
| Thokkapaali | 67 | 4 | / |
| Tadkappalli | 67 | 1 | / |
| Takafale | 67 | 1 | / |
| Takofalea | 63 | 1 | / |
| Tokapalli | 63 | 1 | / |
| Taukafauli | 60 | 16 | / |
| Thakafoulo | 60 | 3 | / |
| Tadkhapally | 57 | 1 | / |
| Takafoli | 56 | 1 | / |
| Tokopela | 56 | 1 | / |
| Takopoulos | 50 | 101 | / |
| Takopoulou | 50 | 60 | / |
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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 Thakaphala
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