Maafa Surname
Approximately 6,503 people bear this surname
Maafa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 3,268 | 1:11,821 | 2,068 |
| Yemen | 2,511 | 1:10,524 | 1,299 |
| Morocco | 477 | 1:72,277 | 12,260 |
| France | 187 | 1:355,202 | 53,191 |
| South Africa | 20 | 1:2,708,885 | 106,094 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Libya | 9 | 1:693,775 | 1,982 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
The alternate forms: Maàfa (3) are calculated separately.
Maafa (837) may also be a first name.
Maafa Demographics
Average Maafa Salary in
South Africa
R 282,072
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Maafa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maafa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Maafa occurs more in Algeria more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant: Maàfa. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Maafa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Maafa is the 75,472nd most commonly occurring last name internationally, held by around 1 in 1,120,644 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 58 percent of Maafa reside; 58 percent reside in North Africa and 58 percent reside in Mahgreb. It is also the 282,223rd most widely held first name in the world, held by 837 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Algeria, where it is borne by 3,268 people, or 1 in 11,821. In Algeria it is mostly concentrated in: Béjaïa Province, where 33 percent reside, Tébessa Province, where 20 percent reside and Sidi Bel Abbès Province, where 16 percent reside. Excluding Algeria it exists in 16 countries. It is also found in Yemen, where 39 percent reside and Morocco, where 7 percent reside.
Maafa Last Name Statistics demography
Maafa earn notably more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 18.7% more than the national average, earning R 282,072 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 Maafa
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