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
Maffa (Russian: Маффа) is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Maffa? popularity and diffusion
Maffa is the 210,934th most widely held surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,725,739 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 90 percent of Maffa reside; 50 percent reside in Southern Africa and 50 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 754,880th most numerous first name at a global level It is held by 149 people.
The last name is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is borne by 967 people, or 1 in 56,027. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Limpopo, where 60 percent live, Gauteng, where 33 percent live and North West, where 4 percent live. Aside from South Africa this surname exists in 21 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 36 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 4 percent live.
Maffa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Maffa has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Maffa surname expanded 3,700 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Maffa Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Maffa are 33.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 86.67% 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
- 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 Maffa
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