Mafenya Surname

626,382nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 489 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Mafenya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mafenya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3361:161,24318,083
Zimbabwe1061:145,64418,674
Lesotho421:48,3947,686
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Mafenya (94) may also be a first name.

Mafenya Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mafenya occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mafenya? popularity and diffusion

It is the 626,382nd most prevalent surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 14,902,957 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mafenya are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Mafenya is also the 980,251st most frequently used first name in the world It is held by 94 people.

The surname Mafenya is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 336 people, or 1 in 161,243. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Limpopo, where 63 percent are found, Gauteng, where 31 percent are found and Free State, where 2 percent are found. Excluding South Africa this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 22 percent are found and Lesotho, where 9 percent are found.

Mafenya Last Name Statistics demography

Mafenya earn marginally less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 2.82% less than the national average, earning R 230,928 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mafienya9373/
Mafhenya9348/
Mapfenya931/
Mafinya86311/
Mofenya8628/
Mafegna861/
Mapfinya80282/
Mafinia7110/
Mafinyo713/
Maphinya671/
Moshfehnia5998/
Mofenjou5319/

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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 Mafenya
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