Maffu Surname
Approximately 48 people bear this surname
Maffu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 15 | 1:2,849,561 | 122,961 |
| Tanzania | 13 | 1:4,072,432 | 52,852 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Cuba | 4 | 1:2,880,679 | 10,064 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Maffú (1) are calculated separately.
Maffu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maffu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Maffu is found most in Argentina. It can also be found as: Maffú. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Maffu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Maffu is the 2,808,717th most commonly occurring last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 151,823,873 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 56 percent of Maffu live; 38 percent live in East Africa and 31 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
It is most numerous in Argentina, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 2,849,561. In Argentina Maffu is most numerous in: Córdoba Province, where 67 percent are found, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, where 13 percent are found and Buenos Aires Province, where 7 percent are found. Excluding Argentina this surname occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 27 percent are found and South Africa, where 13 percent are found.
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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 Maffu
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