Mafeja Surname
Approximately 124 people bear this surname
Mafeja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 98 | 1:20,740 | 4,299 |
| India | 16 | 1:47,941,586 | 492,263 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Mafeja (199) may also be a first name.
Mafeja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mafeja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mafeja (Bengali: মাফেজা) is borne by more people in Lesotho than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Mafeja.
How Common Is The Last Name Mafeja? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,620,164th most prevalent family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 58,770,532 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Mafeja reside; 81 percent reside in Southern Africa and 80 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 642,605th most widely held first name internationally, held by 199 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Lesotho, where it is borne by 98 people, or 1 in 20,740. In Lesotho Mafeja is most prevalent in: Leribe District, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Lesotho it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in India, where 13 percent are found and Nigeria, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mafeja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mafeja in the Bengali language | ||
| মাফেজা | mapheja | 93.33 |
| মফেজা | mapheja | 6.67 |
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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 Mafeja
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