Maffa Surname
Approximately 1,956 people bear this surname
Maffa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 967 | 1:56,027 | 7,110 |
| Tanzania | 711 | 1:74,461 | 7,744 |
| Ivory Coast | 78 | 1:295,785 | 11,177 |
| United States | 74 | 1:4,898,094 | 251,818 |
| Italy | 35 | 1:1,747,334 | 85,249 |
| Indonesia | 23 | 1:5,749,965 | 259,967 |
| Brazil | 20 | 1:10,703,717 | 220,519 |
| Uganda | 16 | 1:2,439,955 | 72,451 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Maffa (149) may also be a first name.
Maffa Demographics
Average Maffa Salary in
United States
$53,052 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Maffa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maffa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Maffa (Russian: Маффа) is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Maffa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Maffa is the 210,934th most widely held surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 3,725,739 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Maffa live; 50 percent live in Southern Africa and 50 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 754,880th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 149 people.
The surname Maffa is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is borne by 967 people, or 1 in 56,027. In South Africa Maffa is primarily found in: Limpopo, where 60 percent reside, Gauteng, where 33 percent reside and North West, where 4 percent reside. Without taking into account South Africa this last name is found in 21 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 36 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 4 percent reside.
Maffa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Maffa has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 3,700 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Maffa Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Maffa last name are 33.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 86.67% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Maffa earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 52.55% less than the national average, earning R 112,764 per year and in United States they earn 22.95% more than the national average, earning $53,052 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Maffa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Maffa in the Russian language | ||
| Маффа | maffa | - |
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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 Maffa
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