Mafas Surname
Approximately 2,485 people bear this surname
Mafas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 2,266 | 1:9,183 | 1,334 |
| Iraq | 73 | 1:479,749 | 8,022 |
| Qatar | 66 | 1:35,727 | 3,681 |
| United Arab Emirates | 30 | 1:305,409 | 20,323 |
| Brazil | 23 | 1:9,307,580 | 200,052 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Maldives | 2 | 1:202,086 | 4,973 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
Mafas (741) may also be a first name.
Mafas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mafas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mafas (Russian: Мафас) is more frequently found in Sri Lanka than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mafas? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mafas is the 172,986th most common family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 2,932,614 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Mafas reside; 91 percent reside in South Asia and 91 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 302,221st most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, held by 741 people.
This last name is most common in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 2,266 people, or 1 in 9,183. Excluding Sri Lanka this surname occurs in 17 countries. It also occurs in Iraq, where 3 percent reside and Qatar, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mafas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mafas in the Russian language | ||
| Мафас | mafas | - |
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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 Mafas
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