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

The surname Mafeking is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mafeking? popularity and diffusion

It is the 780,352nd most widespread surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 20,075,884 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mafeking are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,840,253rd most frequently used forename globally, held by 32 people.

The last name Mafeking is most widespread in South Africa, where it is borne by 323 people, or 1 in 167,733. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 72 percent reside, Western Cape, where 16 percent reside and Gauteng, where 10 percent reside. Without taking into account South Africa this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 10 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

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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