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
Mafeya is found most in Botswana. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Mafeya.
How Common Is The Last Name Mafeya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,483,783rd most frequently occurring surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 121,459,099 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Mafeya live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 352,372nd most common first name globally, borne by 567 people.
It is most prevalent in Botswana, where it is held by 33 people, or 1 in 66,271. Without taking into account Botswana this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 40 percent reside and Bangladesh, where 2 percent reside.
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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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