Mafaiti Surname
Approximately 1,491 people bear this surname
Mafaiti Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 1,229 | 1:13,929 | 2,189 |
| Zimbabwe | 260 | 1:59,378 | 8,995 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Mafaiti (165) may also be a first name.
Mafaiti Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mafaiti Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mafaiti is most common in Malawi. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mafaiti? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mafaiti is the 262,895th most frequently held last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 4,887,690 people. The surname Mafaiti is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mafaiti reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 712,876th most frequently held first name worldwide, held by 165 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Malawi, where it is borne by 1,229 people, or 1 in 13,929. Besides Malawi it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 17 percent reside and South Africa, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Mafaiti
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