Mafa Surname
Approximately 13,985 people bear this surname
Mafa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 5,809 | 1:9,327 | 1,171 |
| Zimbabwe | 2,598 | 1:5,942 | 628 |
| Nigeria | 2,274 | 1:77,899 | 5,557 |
| Lesotho | 1,253 | 1:1,622 | 166 |
| Botswana | 700 | 1:3,124 | 413 |
| Sri Lanka | 439 | 1:47,400 | 5,492 |
| Tanzania | 213 | 1:248,552 | 20,077 |
| Indonesia | 176 | 1:751,416 | 57,642 |
| DR Congo | 137 | 1:539,267 | 42,095 |
| Brazil | 99 | 1:2,162,367 | 67,701 |
| Ivory Coast | 44 | 1:524,346 | 16,367 |
| Cameroon | 35 | 1:593,402 | 45,326 |
| England | 25 | 1:2,228,722 | 84,230 |
| Russia | 24 | 1:6,005,127 | 248,576 |
| Iran | 20 | 1:3,839,126 | 105,129 |
| Uganda | 15 | 1:2,602,619 | 75,106 |
| Solomon Islands | 13 | 1:44,618 | 8,903 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Canada | 11 | 1:3,349,599 | 180,238 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| American Samoa | 8 | 1:6,970 | 1,431 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Turkey | 5 | 1:15,564,284 | 149,633 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Mafa (7,915) may also be a first name.
Mafa Demographics
Mafa Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Mafa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mafa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mafa (Hindi: मफा, Marathi: माफ़ा, Russian: Мафа) is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mafa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 37,659th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 521,097 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Mafa are found; 74 percent are found in Southern Africa and 74 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 71,580th most prevalent first name in the world, borne by 7,915 people.
Mafa is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is borne by 5,809 people, or 1 in 9,327. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Gauteng, where 34 percent live, Limpopo, where 22 percent live and Eastern Cape, where 15 percent live. Barring South Africa this surname occurs in 56 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 19 percent live and Nigeria, where 16 percent live.
Mafa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Mafa has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Mafa surname expanded 900 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Mafa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is primarily Muslim (86%) in Nigeria.
Mafa earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 32.72% less than the national average, earning R 159,888 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mafa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mafa in the Hindi language | ||
| मफा | mapha | 97.07 |
| माफा | mapha | 2.93 |
| Mafa in the Marathi language | ||
| माफ़ा | mafa | 75 |
| मफ़ा | mafa | 25 |
| Mafa in the Russian language | ||
| Мафа | mafa | - |
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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 Mafa
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