Mafambe Surname

2,506,728th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 59 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Mafambe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mafambe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe521:296,88930,036
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724

Mafambe (14) may also be a first name.

Mafambe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mafambe is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mafambe? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,506,728th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 123,517,727 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mafambe reside; 95 percent reside in Southern Africa and 95 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most commonly held first name world-wide, borne by 14 people.

The last name is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 52 people, or 1 in 296,889. In Zimbabwe it is most numerous in: Harare Province, where 56 percent are found, Manicaland Province, where 38 percent are found and Mashonaland East Province, where 2 percent are found. Barring Zimbabwe this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 7 percent are found and Cameroon, where 5 percent are found.

Mafambe Last Name Statistics demography

Mafambe earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 54.28% less than the national average, earning R 108,648 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mafambie931/
Mafamba86176/
Mafembe86130/
Mafambi8614/
Mafombe862/
Mafombie801/
Mafembie801/
Mafoumbie751/
Mofembe7123/
Mofamba7122/
Mafomba7115/
Mafombi711/
Mofombe711/
Mafembi711/
Mafoumba67510/
Mafoumbi67212/
Maphamba6730/
Mapfamva671/
Mafombai671/
Mofombi574/
Mafonwa571/
Maifanwa534/

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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 Mafambe
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