Mafalala Surname

452,572nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 750 people bear this surname

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

Mafalala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mafalala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa7371:73,5119,144
Tanzania91:5,882,40160,754
Botswana41:546,73222,624

Mafalala Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mafalala is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Mafalala click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mafalala? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 452,572nd most commonly held family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 9,716,728 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mafalala are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most widespread in South Africa, where it is borne by 737 people, or 1 in 73,511. In South Africa Mafalala is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 51 percent live, Western Cape, where 20 percent live and Gauteng, where 20 percent live. Aside from South Africa this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 1 percent live and Botswana, where 1 percent live.

Mafalala Last Name Statistics demography

Mafalala earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 40.66% less than the national average, earning R 141,012 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
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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 Mafalala
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