Mafela Surname
Approximately 2,292 people bear this surname
Mafela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 1,903 | 1:28,470 | 3,665 |
| Lesotho | 171 | 1:11,886 | 2,657 |
| Botswana | 99 | 1:22,090 | 4,408 |
| Zimbabwe | 67 | 1:230,421 | 25,509 |
| Liberia | 16 | 1:275,533 | 16,331 |
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
| Northern Ireland | 6 | 1:307,506 | 12,899 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Mafela (386) may also be a first name.
Mafela Demographics
Average Mafela Salary in
United States
$74,446 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Mafela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mafela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mafela occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Mafela.
How Common Is The Last Name Mafela? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mafela is the 184,960th most widespread surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,179,558 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mafela live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Mafela is also the 441,020th most widely held first name throughout the world It is held by 386 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 1,903 people, or 1 in 28,470. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Limpopo, where 60 percent live, Gauteng, where 26 percent live and North West, where 3 percent live. Other than South Africa this last name is found in 16 countries. It also occurs in Lesotho, where 7 percent live and Botswana, where 4 percent live.
Mafela Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Mafela earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 41.78% less than the national average, earning R 138,348 per year and in United States they earn 72.53% more than the national average, earning $74,446 USD 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 Mafela
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