Mafeu Surname
Approximately 397 people bear this surname
Mafeu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 371 | 1:55,981 | 7,232 |
| Brazil | 22 | 1:9,730,651 | 206,332 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Mafeu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mafeu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mafeu occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Mafeu.
How Common Is The Last Name Mafeu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 730,373rd most commonly occurring last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 18,356,539 people. Mafeu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Mafeu live; 93 percent live in Central Africa and 93 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is borne by 371 people, or 1 in 55,981. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: West Region, where 44 percent live, Centre Region, where 33 percent live and Littoral Region, where 22 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 6 percent live and Germany, where 0 percent live.
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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 Mafeu
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