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
Average Mafa Salary in
England
£20,900
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Mafa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mafa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mafa (Hindi: मफा, Marathi: माफ़ा, Russian: Мафа) is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mafa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 37,659th most common last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 521,097 people. The surname Mafa is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Mafa reside; 74 percent reside in Southern Africa and 74 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Mafa is also the 71,580th most numerous first name on earth, borne by 7,915 people.
This surname is most common in South Africa, where it is held by 5,809 people, or 1 in 9,327. In South Africa Mafa is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 34 percent reside, Limpopo, where 22 percent reside and Eastern Cape, where 15 percent reside. Not including South Africa it is found in 56 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 19 percent reside and Nigeria, where 16 percent reside.
Mafa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Mafa has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 900 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Mafa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Mafa surname is predominantly 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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