Mafeeo Surname

2,293,424th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 69 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Mafeeo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mafeeo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho551:36,9566,531
South Africa131:4,167,516132,322
Iceland11:380,09011,096

Mafeeo Last Name Facts

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

Mafeeo is found most in Lesotho. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mafeeo? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,293,424th most frequently occurring last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 105,616,607 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mafeeo live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most numerous in Lesotho, where it is carried by 55 people, or 1 in 36,956. In Lesotho it is most common in: Mafeteng District, where 62 percent are found, Berea District, where 25 percent are found and Maseru District, where 11 percent are found. Barring Lesotho this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 19 percent are found and Iceland, where 1 percent are found.

Mafeeo Last Name Statistics demography

Mafeeo earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 55.48% less than the national average, earning R 105,804 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mafeo91567/
Maffeo833,837/
Maifeo83346/
Mafeho831/
Maefeo831/
Masfeo831/
Maifeou773/
Mafejio771/
Mafio73111/
Mafyo7327/
Mafea7323/
Mayfeoth710/
Mafouo671,834/
Mafoua671,277/
Maffio67148/
Mafios67147/
Mafoea67113/
Maifea6747/
Maffea6731/
Mafioz6721/
Mafiho6716/
Mafioe675/
Mapheo674/
Mafioa671/
Maifio671/
Mafiot671/
Mafioh671/
Mafféo671/
Mafauo671/

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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
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  • 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 Mafeeo
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