Maffeo Surname

119,711th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,837 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

Maffeo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Maffeo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy2,3101:26,4754,730
United States1,0571:342,91330,845
Argentina2541:168,28114,146
France621:1,071,334116,831
Belgium411:280,40633,354
Switzerland251:328,51725,592
England241:2,321,58686,519
Brazil181:11,893,018236,958
Spain101:4,675,20478,608
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

The alternate forms: Mafféo (1) are calculated separately.

Maffeo (231) may also be a first name.

Maffeo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Maffeo Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Maffeo is borne by more people in Italy than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Mafféo. For other potential spellings of Maffeo click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Maffeo? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 119,711th most frequent surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 1,899,282 people. The last name Maffeo is predominantly found in Europe, where 65 percent of Maffeo live; 60 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 60 percent live in Italic Europe. Maffeo is also the 590,311th most widely held first name at a global level It is held by 231 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Italy, where it is held by 2,310 people, or 1 in 26,475. In Italy Maffeo is primarily found in: Piedmont, where 55 percent reside, Campania, where 16 percent reside and Lazio, where 7 percent reside. Other than Italy this surname is found in 21 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 28 percent reside and Argentina, where 7 percent reside.

Maffeo Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Maffeo surname are 17.01% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 70.24% registered with the political party.

The amount Maffeo earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 7.21% less than the national average, earning €27,865 per year; in Peru they earn 271.83% more than the national average, earning S/. 72,079 per year; in United States they earn 18.63% more than the national average, earning $51,189 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.3% more than the national average, earning $58,277 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mafféo941/
Mafeo91567/
Maifeo83346/
Maffio83148/
Mafeeo8369/
Maffea8331/
Mafeho831/
Maefeo831/
Masfeo831/
Maifeou773/
Maffiod771/
Mafejio771/
Maffios771/
Mafio73111/
Mafyo7327/
Mafea7323/
Maffiouo711/
Mayfeoth710/
Maffia673,250/
Mafios67147/
Maifea6747/
Mafioz6721/
Mafiho6716/
Mafioe675/
Mapheo674/
Maffía674/
Mafioa671/
Maifio671/
Mafiot671/
Mafioh671/

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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 Maffeo
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