Mafasa Surname
Approximately 90 people bear this surname
Mafasa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Lesotho | 21 | 1:96,788 | 10,857 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Mafasa (77) may also be a first name.
Mafasa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mafasa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mafasa is carried by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mafasa? popularity and diffusion
Mafasa is the 1,967,751st most numerous last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 80,972,732 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mafasa live; 69 percent live in Central Africa and 69 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,100,117th most commonly held first name in the world, held by 77 people.
Mafasa is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is held by 62 people, or 1 in 1,191,606. Without taking into account The DR Congo Mafasa occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Lesotho, where 23 percent reside and South Africa, where 6 percent reside.
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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 Mafasa
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