Mafemi Surname
Approximately 135 people bear this surname
Mafemi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 115 | 1:1,540,372 | 58,295 |
| England | 17 | 1:3,277,533 | 109,658 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
Mafemi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mafemi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mafemi is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mafemi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,537,949th most commonly held family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 53,981,822 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Mafemi are found; 85 percent are found in West Africa and 85 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Mafemi is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 115 people, or 1 in 1,540,372. In Nigeria Mafemi is mostly found in: Delta, where 70 percent are found, Kwara, where 14 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 6 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 13 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mafemoi | 92 | 5 | / |
| Mafema | 83 | 376 | / |
| Mofemi | 83 | 2 | / |
| Mafeme | 83 | 2 | / |
| Mafami | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mafomi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mafimi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mafomie | 77 | 20 | / |
| Maifema | 77 | 11 | / |
| Maffema | 77 | 6 | / |
| Maufeme | 77 | 3 | / |
| Mapfema | 77 | 1 | / |
| Meufeumi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mofema | 67 | 49 | / |
| Mafame | 67 | 43 | / |
| Mofami | 67 | 11 | / |
| Mafima | 67 | 6 | / |
| Mofeme | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mafome | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mofimi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mafime | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maphemuis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mafhome | 62 | 45 | / |
| Mafomme | 62 | 3 | / |
| Mofemme | 62 | 1 | / |
| Mahfamy | 62 | 1 | / |
| Mafamey | 62 | 1 | / |
| Mafameah | 57 | 1 | / |
| Maffomme | 57 | 1 | / |
| Maphomie | 57 | 1 | / |
| Maiphimai | 53 | 1 | / |
| Mofome | 50 | 2 | / |
| Mefome | 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 Mafemi
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