Mafanta Surname

3,017,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ivory Coast
Highest density in:
Ivory Coast

Mafanta Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mafanta Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ivory Coast261:887,35522,826
Cameroon131:1,597,62187,539
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mafanta (578) may also be a first name.

Mafanta Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mafanta is found in The Ivory Coast more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Mafanta click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mafanta? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,017,195th most frequently used last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 86 percent of Mafanta reside; 52 percent reside in West Africa and 31 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Mafanta is also the 348,378th most commonly used first name internationally. It is borne by 578 people.

The last name Mafanta is most commonly used in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 26 people, or 1 in 887,355. In The Ivory Coast Mafanta is primarily found in: Montagnes District, where 46 percent live, Vallée du Bandama District, where 23 percent live and Abidjan Autonomous District, where 19 percent live. Other than The Ivory Coast this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 31 percent live and Liberia, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Maifanta932/
Maffanta931/
Mafanti86256/
Mafante868/
Mafonta861/
Mefanta861/
Maifantaya8229/
Maphanta809/
Mofhanta801/
Mofonta714/
Mafonto712/
Mofanti711/
Meifanti6710/
Mophanta675/
Mafontoh671/
Mafountio631/
Mophanty534/

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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 Mafanta
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