Mafari Surname
Approximately 51 people bear this surname
Mafari Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 17 | 1:2,296,428 | 70,019 |
| Niger | 12 | 1:1,599,335 | 32,126 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Mafari (2,288) may also be a first name.
Mafari Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mafari Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mafari (Hindi: मफरी, Marathi: माफरी) is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mafari? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,718,172nd most frequently held surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 142,893,057 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 84 percent of Mafari live; 45 percent live in West Africa and 33 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 155,907th most frequent given name in the world, borne by 2,288 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Uganda, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 2,296,428. In Uganda it is most frequent in: Bushenyi District, where 65 percent are found, Kampala District, where 12 percent are found and Isingiro District, where 6 percent are found. Other than Uganda Mafari exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 24 percent are found and Nigeria, where 22 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mafari Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mafari in the Hindi language | ||
| मफरी | maphari | 99.86 |
| मफारी | maphari | 0.07 |
| Mafari in the Marathi language | ||
| माफरी | maphari | 66.67 |
| मफरी | maphari | 33.33 |
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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 Mafari
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