Mafaw Surname
Approximately 33 people bear this surname
Mafaw Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 32 | 1:649,033 | 48,340 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
Mafaw Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mafaw Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mafaw is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mafaw? popularity and diffusion
Mafaw is the 3,432,070th most frequently held family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 220,834,725 people. The surname Mafaw occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Mafaw live; 97 percent live in Central Africa and 97 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
This surname is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 32 people, or 1 in 649,033. In Cameroon Mafaw is most numerous in: Southwest Region, where 100 percent live. Outside of Cameroon it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Afghanistan, where 3 percent live.
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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 Mafaw
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