Mafamo Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Mafamo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mafamo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa151:3,611,847123,156
Lesotho81:254,07015,268
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Mafamo (19) may also be a first name.

Mafamo Last Name Facts

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

Mafamo occurs most in South Africa. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Mafamo click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mafamo? popularity and diffusion

The last name Mafamo is the 4,034,050th most frequently held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. The last name Mafamo is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mafamo are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most numerous first name world-wide. It is borne by 19 people.

This last name is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 3,611,847. In South Africa Mafamo is most numerous in: Gauteng, where 93 percent reside and KwaZulu-Natal, where 7 percent reside. Other than South Africa this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Lesotho, where 33 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 4 percent reside.

Mafamo Last Name Statistics demography

Mafamo earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 45.49% less than the national average, earning R 129,540 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mafemo83215/
Mafomo83158/
Mafama8384/
Mofamo831/
Mafemoi775/
Mafatma773/
Maifama772/
Mafamad771/
Mafeumo771/
Maffomo771/
Mafoumo771/
Mafahma771/
Mafahama716/
Mafoumou714/
Matphamo711/
Mafoma67588/
Mafema67376/
Mofama67263/
Mapfoumou674/
Mefomo672/
Mefama672/

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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 Mafamo
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