Mafing Surname

1,497,948th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 140 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Mafing Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mafing Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon1301:159,76217,345
Ivory Coast41:5,767,80855,416
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
France11:66,422,722504,397
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mafing (1,144) may also be a first name.

Mafing Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mafing is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mafing? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mafing is the 1,497,948th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 52,053,899 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Mafing are found; 54 percent are found in Central Africa and 51 percent are found in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. Mafing is also the 235,318th most widespread forename at a global level, borne by 1,144 people.

The surname Mafing is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 130 people, or 1 in 159,762. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Far North Region, where 52 percent reside, North Region, where 42 percent reside and Adamawa Region, where 4 percent reside. Without taking into account Cameroon it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 3 percent reside and Indonesia, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mafiong929/
Maffing920/
Mafin91128/
Mmafiong866/
Maifieng861/
Maffiong861/
Mahfin83342/
Mafina83328/
Maffin83289/
Matfin83200/
Mafeng83104/
Maufin8317/
Maafin838/
Masfin834/
Mefing833/
Mofing832/
Meafin831/
Maifin830/
Mayfin830/
Maffina77666/
Mosfing77234/
Maifion7713/
Maphing774/
Meffing773/
Maifien772/
Mahafin772/
Mefieng771/
Mayfind771/
Maufina771/
Mgaffin771/
Measfin771/
Mafueng771/
Maifink770/
Mofin7331/
Mafim7323/
Mafen7321/
Mafinova714/
Mafinová712/
Maipheng711/
Mafengqe711/
Mafengue711/
Mofina67397/
Maiphaeng67254/
Machfn67192/
Maiphueng67133/
Mefeng6758/
Masfen6729/
Maifen6715/
Maphin6713/
Mofeng6710/
Madfen679/
Mhafen677/
Moffin675/
Mahvin675/
Mayfen674/
Mafeen673/
Mafeun673/
Maffen672/
Mosfin671/
Mahfen671/
Modfin671/
Mohfin671/
Maffinova671/
Maiphiong671/
Maafen671/
Maufim670/
Meufin670/
Matfen670/
Maffim670/

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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 Mafing
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