Mafilan Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Liberia

Mafilan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mafilan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India51:153,413,076951,030
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110

Mafilan (9) may also be a first name.

Mafilan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mafilan is borne by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mafilan? popularity and diffusion

The last name Mafilan is the 7,593,402nd most commonly held surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 83 percent of Mafilan reside; 83 percent reside in South Asia and 83 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 3,941,740th most common first name internationally, held by 9 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in India, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 153,413,076. In India Mafilan is most frequent in: Bihar, where 100 percent live. Barring India this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Liberia, where 17 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mafilang933/
Mafihlang881/
Mofilan863/
Mafelane801/
Mafeelane7515/
Maphihlane712/
Mofelane6713/
Mofelang671/
Maphelane6365/
Moffelein5053/

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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 Mafilan
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