Mafanya Surname

147,599th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,999 people bear this surname

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

Mafanya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mafanya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2,6811:20,2082,559
Tanzania1721:307,80023,568
Zimbabwe1211:127,58916,979
Lesotho81:254,07015,268
England71:7,959,723202,100
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Mafanya (75) may also be a first name.

Mafanya Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mafanya (Russian: Мафаня) has its highest incidence in South Africa. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mafanya? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 147,599th most prevalent surname globally It is held by around 1 in 2,429,992 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mafanya are found; 94 percent are found in Southern Africa and 94 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Mafanya is also the 1,116,575th most common first name internationally It is held by 75 people.

The surname Mafanya is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is held by 2,681 people, or 1 in 20,208. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Eastern Cape, where 58 percent live, Western Cape, where 17 percent live and Gauteng, where 14 percent live. Besides South Africa it exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 6 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 4 percent live.

Mafanya Last Name Statistics demography

Mafanya earn somewhat less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 14.57% less than the national average, earning R 203,004 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mapfanya93190/
Mafhanya931/
Maifanya931/
Mafanja866/
Mafonya866/
Mafanyo865/
Mafania862/
Mafanea861/
Mafagna861/
Maphanya8042/
Mafonyas802/
Muofanya801/
Maphganya752/
Mafonyo7132/
Maphonya675/
Mophanya674/
Maphanja673/
Maphanha671/
Mafanhou671/
Moufangna631/
Mafonjo5723/
Mafogno5717/
Mofanjo572/
Mafougnia501/
Maifougna501/

Mafanya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Mafanya in the Russian language
Мафаняmafana-

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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 Mafanya
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