Mafipa Surname
Approximately 179 people bear this surname
Mafipa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 178 | 1:297,425 | 23,042 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Mafipa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mafipa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mafipa is found most frequently in Tanzania. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Mafipa.
How Common Is The Last Name Mafipa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,276,805th most common surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 40,712,547 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mafipa are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Mafipa is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 178 people, or 1 in 297,425. In Tanzania Mafipa is primarily found in: Manyara Region, where 84 percent are found, Arusha Region, where 5 percent are found and Mwanza Region, where 5 percent are found. Beside Tanzania it exists in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mafupa | 83 | 1,706 | / |
| Mafipe | 83 | 2 | / |
| Mafipi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mapfupa | 77 | 14 | / |
| Mafupah | 77 | 10 | / |
| Maphipa | 77 | 10 | / |
| Mafeupa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Maphipha | 71 | 49 | / |
| Mapfipfi | 71 | 26 | / |
| Mapfupah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mafuepah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Maphiphat | 67 | 40 | / |
| Mofupa | 67 | 20 | / |
| Mofepa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mofipi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maphepa | 62 | 198 | / |
| Maphupa | 62 | 25 | / |
| Maphupha | 57 | 607 | / |
| Maphepha | 57 | 166 | / |
| Maphiphi | 57 | 10 | / |
| Mafhepho | 57 | 1 | / |
| Maphephea | 53 | 1 | / |
| Maphaiphi | 53 | 1 | / |
| Mofepi | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Mafipa
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