Mafaleng Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Mafaleng Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mafaleng Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho221:92,38910,629
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227

Mafaleng (76) may also be a first name.

Mafaleng Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mafaleng is found most frequently in Lesotho. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Mafaleng click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mafaleng? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,798,600th most common last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The surname Mafaleng occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mafaleng live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,107,702nd most frequently held forename worldwide, held by 76 people.

It is most commonly occurring in Lesotho, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 92,389. In Lesotho Mafaleng is most common in: Leribe District, where 86 percent are found and Butha-Buthe District, where 14 percent are found. Beside Lesotho this last name exists in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 19 percent are found.

Mafaleng Last Name Statistics demography

Mafaleng earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 20.71% less than the national average, earning R 188,412 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mafahleng9436/
Mafoleng882/
Mafallen881/
Maffallen823/
Maphatleng7817/
Mofoleng75109/
Mafalina7517/
Mazfalin751/
Mofeleng751/
Mophaleng7164/
Mawphalng711/
Mofoileng711/
Mophatleng676/
Mafolem671/
Mopheleng5917/

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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 Mafaleng
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