Mafire Surname
Approximately 157 people bear this surname
Mafire Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 124 | 1:124,502 | 16,668 |
| Cameroon | 24 | 1:865,378 | 58,754 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
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 is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mafire? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,391,595th most numerous surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 46,417,490 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mafire reside; 82 percent reside in Southern Africa and 82 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 530,161st most commonly occurring first name on earth, held by 280 people.
The surname Mafire is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 124 people, or 1 in 124,502. In Zimbabwe Mafire is mostly found in: Manicaland Province, where 45 percent live, Midlands Province, where 31 percent live and Harare Province, where 17 percent live. Aside from Zimbabwe it exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 15 percent live and South Africa, where 3 percent live.
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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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