Mafenuka Surname

402,505th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 872 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Mafenuka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mafenuka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa8671:62,4897,868
England41:13,929,515290,718
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Mafenuka Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mafenuka Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Mafenuka is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mafenuka? popularity and diffusion

The last name Mafenuka is the 402,505th most commonly held family name globally, borne by around 1 in 8,357,277 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mafenuka reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most common in South Africa, where it is borne by 867 people, or 1 in 62,489. In South Africa Mafenuka is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 46 percent live, Western Cape, where 33 percent live and Gauteng, where 13 percent live. Aside from South Africa this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent live and Wales, where 0 percent live.

Mafenuka Last Name Statistics demography

Mafenuka earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 42.55% less than the national average, earning R 136,512 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 Mafenuka
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