Mafait Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Mafait Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 39 | 1:433,005 | 44,158 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Mafait (10) may also be a first name.
Mafait Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mafait Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mafait occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Mafait.
How Common Is The Last Name Mafait? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,746,821st most commonly held family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. The surname Mafait occurs mostly in Europe, where 78 percent of Mafait live; 78 percent live in Western Europe and 78 percent live in Germanic Europe. Mafait is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly used first name globally It is held by 10 people.
The surname Mafait is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 39 people, or 1 in 433,005. In The Netherlands it is most numerous in: Utrecht, where 36 percent are found, Flevoland, where 26 percent are found and North Holland, where 26 percent are found. Outside of The Netherlands it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 20 percent are found and Malawi, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Mafait
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