Mafinya Surname

870,423rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 311 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Zambia

Mafinya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mafinya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1481:366,06633,202
Zambia951:166,84111,651
Zimbabwe671:230,42125,509
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Mafinya Last Name Facts

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

Mafinya (Hindi: माफींया) is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mafinya? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 870,423rd most commonly occurring family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 23,432,624 people. The surname Mafinya occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mafinya live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

Mafinya is most common in South Africa, where it is carried by 148 people, or 1 in 366,066. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Limpopo, where 81 percent live, Gauteng, where 16 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 1 percent live. Apart from South Africa it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 31 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 22 percent live.

Mafinya Last Name Statistics demography

Mafinya earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 22.14% less than the national average, earning R 185,028 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mapfinya93282/
Mafienya9373/
Mafenya86489/
Mafinia8610/
Mafinyo863/
Mafhenya8048/
Mapfenya801/
Maphinya801/
Mofenya7128/
Mafegna711/
Mahaphinyo591/
Mouffignach561/

Mafinya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Mafinya in the Hindi language
माफींयाmaphinya50
माफिंयाmaphinya50

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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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  • 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 Mafinya
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