Maffiew Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Maffiew Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Maffiew Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland111:746,62949,719
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Maffiew Last Name Facts

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

Maffiew has its highest incidence in Switzerland. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Maffiew? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,391,485th most widely held last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 85 percent of Maffiew live; 85 percent live in Western Europe and 85 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most numerous in Switzerland, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 746,629. In Switzerland Maffiew is most numerous in: Canton of Graubünden, where 100 percent live. Aside from Switzerland this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 8 percent live and The United States, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mafiewe861/
Maffhews801/
Mafefe774,079/
Maifew771/
Mayfew771/
Mafiev771/
Madfew770/
Mahaffeyw750/
Mafeefe712/
Matfhew711/
Mofiewe711/
Mafef67787/
Mafhefhe676/
Mahfoufe676/
Mafif671/
Mafib671/
Mafeb671/

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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 Maffiew
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