Mafeya Surname
Approximately 60 people bear this surname
Mafeya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Botswana | 33 | 1:66,271 | 11,607 |
| Zimbabwe | 24 | 1:643,260 | 47,966 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mafeya (567) may also be a first name.
Mafeya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mafeya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mafeya occurs more in Botswana more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mafeya? popularity and diffusion
Mafeya is the 2,483,783rd most numerous surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 121,459,099 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Mafeya reside; 97 percent reside in Southern Africa and 97 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 352,372nd most frequently used first name globally It is held by 567 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Botswana, where it is borne by 33 people, or 1 in 66,271. Aside from Botswana Mafeya exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 40 percent live and Bangladesh, where 2 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 Mafeya
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