Mafaya Surname
Approximately 286 people bear this surname
Mafaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 178 | 1:304,369 | 29,195 |
| Botswana | 55 | 1:39,762 | 7,636 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Zimbabwe | 16 | 1:964,890 | 61,721 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Mafaya (20) may also be a first name.
Mafaya Demographics
Average Mafaya Salary in
South Africa
R 123,696
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mafaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mafaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mafaya occurs most in South Africa. It may be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Mafaya.
How Common Is The Last Name Mafaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mafaya is the 924,083rd most widely held family name globally It is held by around 1 in 25,480,930 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mafaya are found; 87 percent are found in Southern Africa and 87 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Mafaya is also the 2,446,817th most frequently used forename in the world, borne by 20 people.
The last name Mafaya is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is carried by 178 people, or 1 in 304,369. In South Africa Mafaya is most common in: Eastern Cape, where 69 percent are found, Western Cape, where 12 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 12 percent are found. Apart from South Africa this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Botswana, where 19 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 12 percent are found.
Mafaya Last Name Statistics demography
Mafaya earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 47.95% less than the national average, earning R 123,696 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
- 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 Mafaya
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