Mafenyane Surname

1,765,740th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 108 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Mafenyane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mafenyane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa861:629,97347,084
Lesotho221:92,38910,629

Mafenyane (19) may also be a first name.

Mafenyane Last Name Facts

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

Mafenyane is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mafenyane? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,765,740th most widely held family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 67,477,277 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mafenyane are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most frequently occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 19 people.

The last name Mafenyane is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is borne by 86 people, or 1 in 629,973. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Mpumalanga, where 67 percent reside, Gauteng, where 30 percent reside and Eastern Cape, where 1 percent reside. Besides South Africa this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Lesotho, where 20 percent reside.

Mafenyane Last Name Statistics demography

Mafenyane earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 72.48% less than the national average, earning R 65,388 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
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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 Mafenyane
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