Mafiya Surname
Approximately 153 people bear this surname
Mafiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 109 | 1:677,794 | 49,381 |
| India | 24 | 1:31,961,058 | 386,265 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Mafiya (7,675) may also be a first name.
Mafiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mafiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mafiya (Bengali: মাফিয়া, Hindi: माफिया, Marathi: माफीया) is found most frequently in The DR Congo. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mafiya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,415,499th most widespread surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 47,631,019 people. Mafiya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 77 percent of Mafiya reside; 72 percent reside in Central Africa and 72 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 73,044th most commonly occurring given name world-wide It is held by 7,675 people.
The surname Mafiya is most frequently occurring in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 109 people, or 1 in 677,794. Outside of The DR Congo this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also found in India, where 16 percent live and Bangladesh, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mafiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mafiya in the Bengali language | ||
| মাফিয়া | maphiya | 96.23 |
| মফিয়া | maphiya | 3.77 |
| Mafiya in the Marathi language | ||
| माफीया | maphiya | 92.31 |
| माफीयााल | maphiyaala | 7.69 |
| Mafiya in the Hindi language | ||
| माफिया | maphiya | 83.68 |
| माफीया | maphiya | 13.01 |
| मफिया | maphiya | 1.82 |
| मफीया | maphiya | 1.41 |
| माफिॅया | maphieya | 0.08 |
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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 Mafiya
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