Thaphe Surname
Approximately 54 people bear this surname
Thaphe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 42 | 1:367,577 | 34,250 |
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Thaphe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Thaphe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Thaphe is carried by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Thaphe.
How Common Is The Last Name Thaphe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,635,433rd most widely held family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 134,954,554 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Thaphe reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 42 people, or 1 in 367,577. In Zimbabwe Thaphe is most prevalent in: Matabeleland North Province, where 62 percent live, Bulawayo Province, where 36 percent live and Matabeleland South Province, where 2 percent live. Barring Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 19 percent live and Botswana, where 2 percent live.
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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 Thaphe
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