Mafem Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Mafem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mafem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mafem Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mafem occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mafem? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 7,117,718th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname Mafem occurs mostly in Africa, where 57 percent of Mafem live; 57 percent live in Central Africa and 57 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname Mafem is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 5,192,267. In Cameroon Mafem is primarily concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 100 percent are found. Not including Cameroon this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Colombia, where 14 percent are found and The Philippines, where 14 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mafeme | 91 | 2 | / |
| Maufeme | 83 | 3 | / |
| Mafim | 80 | 23 | / |
| Mafen | 80 | 21 | / |
| Mofem | 80 | 2 | / |
| Mafeng | 73 | 104 | / |
| Masfen | 73 | 29 | / |
| Maifen | 73 | 15 | / |
| Madfen | 73 | 9 | / |
| Mhafen | 73 | 7 | / |
| Mayfen | 73 | 4 | / |
| Maphem | 73 | 3 | / |
| Mafeen | 73 | 3 | / |
| Mafeun | 73 | 3 | / |
| Maffen | 73 | 2 | / |
| Mofeme | 73 | 2 | / |
| Maafen | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mafime | 73 | 1 | / |
| Moufem | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mefehm | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mahfen | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mafhim | 73 | 1 | / |
| Maufim | 73 | 0 | / |
| Matfen | 73 | 0 | / |
| Maffim | 73 | 0 | / |
| Majdfheem | 71 | 1 | / |
| Maifien | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mahfeen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meufeum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mofemme | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mafenne | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maufeen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Matfeen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mafhoym | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Mafem
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