Mafala Surname
Approximately 698 people bear this surname
Mafala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 282 | 1:628,166 | 29,753 |
| South Africa | 158 | 1:342,897 | 31,680 |
| Zimbabwe | 88 | 1:175,435 | 21,257 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Botswana | 44 | 1:49,703 | 9,263 |
| Lesotho | 25 | 1:81,302 | 10,029 |
| Niger | 17 | 1:1,128,942 | 24,295 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Mafala (205) may also be a first name.
Mafala Demographics
Average Mafala Salary in
South Africa
R 145,668
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mafala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mafala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mafala (Hindi: मफला, Marathi: मफला) is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mafala? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 478,427th most commonly occurring last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 10,440,610 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mafala live; 46 percent live in Southern Africa and 46 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 632,267th most frequently occurring given name worldwide. It is borne by 205 people.
The surname Mafala is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 282 people, or 1 in 628,166. In Nigeria it is most common in: Plateau, where 98 percent live, Ogun, where 1 percent live and Kaduna, where 0 percent live. Besides Nigeria this surname occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 23 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 13 percent live.
Mafala Last Name Statistics demography
Mafala earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 38.7% less than the national average, earning R 145,668 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mafala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mafala in the Hindi language | ||
| मफला | maphala | - |
| Mafala in the Marathi language | ||
| मफला | maphala | - |
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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 Mafala
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