Mafahlane Surname

904,049th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 295 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Mafahlane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mafahlane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2941:184,27820,137
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402

Mafahlane (10) may also be a first name.

Mafahlane Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mafahlane Come From? nationality or country of origin

Mafahlane occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Mafahlane.

How Common Is The Last Name Mafahlane? popularity and diffusion

It is the 904,049th most prevalent family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 24,703,545 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mafahlane reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Mafahlane is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently used forename on earth. It is borne by 10 people.

The surname Mafahlane is most frequent in South Africa, where it is held by 294 people, or 1 in 184,278. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Limpopo, where 45 percent are found, Mpumalanga, where 34 percent are found and Gauteng, where 20 percent are found. Besides South Africa this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Lesotho, where 0 percent are found.

Mafahlane Last Name Statistics demography

Mafahlane earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 60.95% less than the national average, earning R 92,796 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 Mafahlane
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