Mafefa Surname

1,076,574th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 230 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Mafefa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mafefa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia2021:654,69951,269
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Mafefa Last Name Facts

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

Mafefa has its highest incidence in Indonesia. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mafefa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,076,574th most numerous surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 31,684,982 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 88 percent of Mafefa reside; 88 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 88 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.

Mafefa is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is held by 202 people, or 1 in 654,699. In Indonesia Mafefa is primarily found in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 100 percent are found. Not including Indonesia Mafefa occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 12 percent are found and Brazil, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mafefe834,079/
Mafafa83171/
Mafifa8328/
Mafofa835/
Mofefa831/
Mafefi831/
Mafifah7725/
Mafefee775/
Mafeefe772/
Maefafa771/
Mosfefa771/
Mafhefho7166/
Mafhefhe716/
Maifeffi713/
Mafeufou712/
Mafafo671,342/
Mafifi671,103/
Mafofo67106/
Mofefe671/
Mofofa671/
Mofafa671/

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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 Mafefa
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