Mafanana Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

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

Mafanana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mafanana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Mafanana (7) may also be a first name.

Mafanana Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mafanana is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mafanana? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 8,968,613th most prevalent last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. Mafanana is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mafanana reside; 75 percent reside in Southern Africa and 75 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Mafanana is also the 4,548,448th most widely held first name at a global level, held by 7 people.

This surname is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 18,059,235. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Gauteng, where 33 percent are found, North West, where 33 percent are found and Northern Cape, where 33 percent are found. Barring South Africa Mafanana occurs in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 25 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mafannanga891/
Mafanane8861/
Mafanani881/
Maphanana821/
Mafangane821/
Mafongana716/
Muofenana711/
Moufanane711/
Mafonono632/
Mafongani591/
Mofongana591/

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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 Mafanana
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