Mafire Surname

1,391,595th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 157 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Mafire Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mafire Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe1241:124,50216,668
Cameroon241:865,37858,754
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Mafire (280) may also be a first name.

Mafire Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mafire occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mafire? popularity and diffusion

Mafire is the 1,391,595th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 46,417,490 people. The last name Mafire occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mafire are found; 82 percent are found in Southern Africa and 82 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Mafire is also the 530,161st most widely held first name internationally It is held by 280 people.

The surname is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 124 people, or 1 in 124,502. In Zimbabwe Mafire is mostly concentrated in: Manicaland Province, where 45 percent are found, Midlands Province, where 31 percent are found and Harare Province, where 17 percent are found. Outside of Zimbabwe this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 15 percent are found and South Africa, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mafirei9210/
Mafaire921/
Maifire921/
Mafre9162/
Mafir9111/
Maffiore8642/
Mapfaire8613/
Mefire8316,764/
Maffre833,309/
Mafiri831,760/
Mafere83537/
Mofire83223/
Mafira83185/
Mapfre83144/
Mafare83141/
Mafreh83123/
Mafure8351/
Maufre8324/
Maifre8310/
Maufir839/
Mahfir833/
Mafier832/
Mayfair77181/
Mauffre77155/
Maefiri77134/
Maffare77130/
Mafhiri7758/
Mapfure7725/
Mafaure7719/
Mapfere7719/
Maifiri7713/
Maifira779/
Maafiri779/
Mafitri778/
Mafhira777/
Maufira777/
Mafoure777/
Maiffre776/
Maifair775/
Meffire775/
Mafirza774/
Mefiere773/
Mapfira772/
Maphire772/
Maifare772/
Moffire772/
Mahafre771/
Mafurre771/
Mafereh771/
Mhafiri771/
Maifere771/
Mefireh771/
Moufire771/
Maferie771/
Mofiere771/
Madfair771/
Maferey770/
Mafer73134/
Mofre7366/
Mofir738/
Maifitri7169/
Mapfaira7138/
Masferre7133/
Mapfuure7128/
Maufitri7115/
Mafiyeri713/
Mahafare712/
Maffieri712/
Mahavire711/
Maferrer711/
Maiferie711/
Maifoure711/
Mayfirth710/
Masferrer671,681/
Mafera67400/
Mafuri67171/
Maffer67101/
Moffre6791/
Mefere6755/
Maufer6740/
Mofiri6739/
Mofira6738/
Mofere6728/
Mofare6723/
Maferi6719/
Mahvir6710/
Masfer6710/
Madfer679/
Mafery676/
Mayfer675/
Mofure673/
Maafer673/
Mefiri673/
Maifer673/
Mafear672/
Mazfer672/
Mofier671/
Majfer671/
Maphir671/
Mojfir671/
Matfer671/
Maferd671/
Maphre671/
Mefure671/
Mefyre671/
Moffir671/
Moufir671/
Mofrej671/
Mofrhe671/
Mafert671/
Moofre670/

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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 Mafire
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