Mafe Surname
Approximately 2,484 people bear this surname
Mafe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,073 | 1:165,091 | 10,318 |
| South Africa | 436 | 1:124,261 | 14,653 |
| Spain | 262 | 1:178,443 | 12,629 |
| Philippines | 97 | 1:1,043,693 | 87,866 |
| Ivory Coast | 89 | 1:259,227 | 10,202 |
| DR Congo | 89 | 1:830,108 | 57,152 |
| Zimbabwe | 79 | 1:195,421 | 22,838 |
| England | 75 | 1:742,907 | 41,196 |
| United States | 57 | 1:6,358,929 | 302,882 |
| Brazil | 51 | 1:4,197,536 | 113,076 |
| Iran | 38 | 1:2,020,593 | 71,790 |
| Solomon Islands | 35 | 1:16,572 | 3,167 |
| Papua New Guinea | 23 | 1:354,509 | 47,011 |
| Argentina | 21 | 1:2,035,401 | 100,871 |
| France | 14 | 1:4,744,480 | 251,814 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Paraguay | 2 | 1:3,618,373 | 13,977 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
The alternate forms: Mafé (10) are calculated separately.
Mafe (2,725) may also be a first name.
Mafe Demographics
Average Mafe Salary in
United States
$57,088 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Mafe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mafe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mafe (Hindi: मफे) is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant: Mafé. Click here for further possible spellings of Mafe.
How Common Is The Last Name Mafe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mafe is the 173,051st most frequently held family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 2,933,795 people. Mafe occurs mostly in Africa, where 71 percent of Mafe reside; 47 percent reside in West Africa and 46 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Mafe is also the 140,120th most widely held forename in the world It is held by 2,725 people.
The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,073 people, or 1 in 165,091. In Nigeria Mafe is most numerous in: Lagos, where 40 percent live, Ogun, where 33 percent live and Taraba, where 7 percent live. Aside from Nigeria Mafe is found in 40 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 18 percent live and Spain, where 11 percent live.
Mafe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Mafe has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Mafe last name increased 1,900 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Mafe Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Mafe last name are 32.48% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 85.71% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Mafe earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 69.24% less than the national average, earning R 73,104 per year and in United States they earn 32.3% more than the national average, earning $57,088 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mafe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mafe in the Hindi language | ||
| मफे | maphe | 85.71 |
| माफे | maphe | 14.29 |
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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 Mafe
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