Mafile Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Mafile Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 32 | 1:5,535,711 | 139,404 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mafile (261) may also be a first name.
Mafile Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mafile Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mafile (Hindi: मफिले, Russian: Мафилье) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Mafile click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mafile? popularity and diffusion
Mafile is the 3,274,477th most commonly used family name globally It is held by around 1 in 202,431,831 people. The last name Mafile is mostly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Mafile reside; 89 percent reside in West Africa and 89 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Mafile is also the 550,922nd most common forename internationally It is held by 261 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 32 people, or 1 in 5,535,711. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Delta, where 100 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria Mafile is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 8 percent reside and South Africa, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mafile Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mafile in the Hindi language | ||
| मफिले | maphile | - |
| Mafile in the Russian language | ||
| Мафилье | mafile | - |
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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 Mafile
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