Mafembe Surname
Approximately 130 people bear this surname
Mafembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 121 | 1:127,589 | 16,979 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Mafembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mafembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mafembe is found most frequently in Zimbabwe. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mafembe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,573,888th most commonly occurring family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 56,058,046 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mafembe reside; 93 percent reside in Southern Africa and 93 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Mafembe is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 121 people, or 1 in 127,589. In Zimbabwe it is primarily concentrated in: Masvingo Province, where 73 percent are found, Harare Province, where 14 percent are found and Manicaland Province, where 6 percent are found. Excluding Zimbabwe Mafembe is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 6 percent are found and Tanzania, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mafembie | 93 | 1 | / |
| Mafemba | 86 | 406 | / |
| Mafambe | 86 | 59 | / |
| Mofembe | 86 | 23 | / |
| Mafombe | 86 | 2 | / |
| Mafembi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mafombie | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mafambie | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mafimba | 71 | 466 | / |
| Mafambi | 71 | 14 | / |
| Mafombi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mafinbe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mofemba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mofombe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Maphemba | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mafinbeu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mapfimba | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mafombai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mofenbeer | 63 | 1 | / |
| Mefimbi | 57 | 14 | / |
| Mofombi | 57 | 4 | / |
| Maphimba | 53 | 1 | / |
| Maphemuis | 50 | 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
- 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 Mafembe
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