Mafeking Surname

780,352nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 363 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Mafeking Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mafeking Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3231:167,73318,699
Zimbabwe381:406,26936,425
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mafeking (32) may also be a first name.

Mafeking Last Name Facts

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

Mafeking is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Mafeking click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mafeking? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mafeking is the 780,352nd most frequently occurring surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 20,075,884 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mafeking live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Mafeking is also the 1,840,253rd most prevalent first name globally. It is borne by 32 people.

The last name is most common in South Africa, where it is carried by 323 people, or 1 in 167,733. In South Africa Mafeking is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 72 percent are found, Western Cape, where 16 percent are found and Gauteng, where 10 percent are found. Not including South Africa it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 10 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Mafeking Last Name Statistics demography

Mafeking earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 59.15% less than the national average, earning R 97,068 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 Mafeking
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