Mafam Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Mafam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Mafam (13) may also be a first name.
Mafam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mafam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mafam has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Mafam.
How Common Is The Last Name Mafam? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mafam is the 8,193,072nd most frequently occurring surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname Mafam occurs predominantly in Africa, where 80 percent of Mafam live; 40 percent live in Central Africa and 40 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most frequently used given name world-wide, held by 13 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 6,923,023. In Cameroon Mafam is mostly concentrated in: West Region, where 67 percent reside and North Region, where 33 percent reside. Other than Cameroon Mafam exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Mexico, where 20 percent reside and Nigeria, where 20 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mafham | 91 | 61 | / |
| Mafame | 91 | 43 | / |
| Mahfam | 91 | 8 | / |
| Maifam | 91 | 1 | / |
| Maafam | 91 | 1 | / |
| Mayfam | 91 | 0 | / |
| Mafaume | 83 | 22 | / |
| Mafatim | 83 | 2 | / |
| Mafhamt | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mofam | 80 | 317 | / |
| Mafan | 80 | 74 | / |
| Mafom | 80 | 16 | / |
| Mefam | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hmafatmh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mafhamth | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mafane | 73 | 1,328 | / |
| Mafang | 73 | 523 | / |
| Mafain | 73 | 408 | / |
| Mafand | 73 | 185 | / |
| Mapham | 73 | 136 | / |
| Maafan | 73 | 88 | / |
| Mafhom | 73 | 76 | / |
| Mafoum | 73 | 24 | / |
| Meefam | 73 | 21 | / |
| Maifan | 73 | 18 | / |
| Maufan | 73 | 8 | / |
| Maffan | 73 | 8 | / |
| Maafom | 73 | 7 | / |
| Madfan | 73 | 5 | / |
| Mafhan | 73 | 4 | / |
| Mafean | 73 | 4 | / |
| Mafuom | 73 | 4 | / |
| Mafoom | 73 | 3 | / |
| Mahfan | 73 | 2 | / |
| Mafaan | 73 | 2 | / |
| Mafome | 73 | 2 | / |
| Mhafan | 73 | 1 | / |
| Moufam | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mafant | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mafhoum | 67 | 1,842 | / |
| Mafaune | 67 | 810 | / |
| Mafhome | 67 | 45 | / |
| Maifang | 67 | 21 | / |
| Maifane | 67 | 7 | / |
| Mafeane | 67 | 7 | / |
| Mahfoum | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mafomme | 67 | 3 | / |
| Maffain | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mafhoom | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mahafan | 67 | 2 | / |
| 'Mafane | 67 | 1 | / |
| Madfane | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mafhoym | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mofasme | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maàsfan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maafang | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maffang | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mafaing | 67 | 1 | / |
| Matfang | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mafotem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maifand | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meafang | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mhafean | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maypham | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meapham | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Mafam
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