Mafarlane Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Mafarlane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mafarlane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896

Mafarlane Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mafarlane is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mafarlane? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,587,209th most frequently held last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Mafarlane are found; 50 percent are found in Southern Africa and 50 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Mafarlane is most widely held in South Africa, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 9,029,617. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Free State, where 100 percent live. Excluding South Africa Mafarlane occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 25 percent live and Canada, where 17 percent live.

Mafarlane Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Mafarlane earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 77.66% less than the national average, earning R 53,100 per year and in United States they earn 43.4% more than the national average, earning $61,875 USD per year.

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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 Mafarlane
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