Mafate Surname

551,387th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 579 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Mafate Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mafate Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa5291:102,41512,393
Botswana221:99,40615,343
Lesotho201:101,62811,096
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397

Mafate (93) may also be a first name.

Mafate Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mafate is found most in South Africa. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mafate? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 551,387th most frequent family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 12,586,435 people. The last name Mafate is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mafate are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Mafate is also the 986,211th most frequently used first name internationally. It is borne by 93 people.

It is most widespread in South Africa, where it is borne by 529 people, or 1 in 102,415. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Gauteng, where 51 percent reside, North West, where 35 percent reside and Limpopo, where 9 percent reside. Apart from South Africa this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 4 percent reside and Lesotho, where 3 percent reside.

Mafate Last Name Statistics demography

Mafate earn notably more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 19.23% more than the national average, earning R 283,344 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Maefate929/
Mafathe922/
Mafatie921/
Mafaite921/
Maffate921/
Maifate921/
Mafat9176/
Mafatihe861/
Maffhate860/
Mafata831,532/
Mafete83376/
Mayfat83311/
Mafote83243/
Maifat83228/
Mafati83218/
Mofate8364/
Mafait8350/
Maffat8338/
Mafaut8316/
Mahfat8314/
Mafath833/
Mafite832/
Masfat831/
Maafat831/
Maufat830/
Mafaiti771,491/
Mafethe77906/
Mofateh77698/
Maifata77227/
Maphate77132/
Maffait7781/
Mafatih7759/
Mafaity7735/
Mafoute7727/
Mafotie7722/
Mashfat7717/
Mafoteu7716/
Maifete7716/
Mafatha779/
Maffatt775/
Moffate774/
Maffete774/
Mofathe774/
Madfath773/
Mafoite772/
Mofatie772/
Maifote772/
Mafette771/
Mafatta771/
Mafatti771/
Maufait771/
Mafatch771/
Mafetie771/
Maffata771/
Mafotet771/
Mafothe771/
Mahfata771/
Maifati771/
Mafeast770/
Mayfath770/
Mayfeather751/
Mofat73470/
Mafad7347/
Mafot734/
Maphathe711,179/
Mauffait7153/
Moffatte7140/
Mehfateh7132/
Mafiyata7121/
Mofatteh7114/
Mafayiti7113/
Mofatheh7113/
Mafatich7112/
Mafiyati7110/
Maffoteu718/
Maffotie718/
Mafoteuh718/
Maffette716/
Maifathi716/
Mahaffat711/
Mafataya711/
Mafeuteu711/
Mafeutie711/
Maffaiti711/
Maffoute711/
Mafouete711/
Mafouteu711/
Maifotte711/
Mafuiata711/
Mafuyata711/
Mayfaith710/
Moffathe710/
Moffat6738,356/
Mofati671,134/
Maphat671,063/
Mafoti671,031/
Mahfad67405/
Mauffette6772/
Mofete6767/
Mofatt6739/
Mafout6728/
Mafoueteu6725/
Mafaid6721/
Mofata6721/
Mahfot6717/
Mafaud6713/
Mafota6712/
Mayfatova6710/
Mayfot676/
Moufat675/
Mofote675/
Moifat674/
Mgafad674/
Maifad673/
Mafoty673/
Maifatova673/
Mahvat672/
Mohfat672/
Mafeut671/
Maffot671/
Mafeud671/
Mafouetie671/
Maifaitoa671/
Mefete671/
Mofaty671/
Meifat671/
Mofath671/
Mofhat671/
Matfot671/
Mafasd671/
Mafoth671/
Mafott670/

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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 Mafate
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