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 surname Mafiya (Bengali: মাফিয়া, Hindi: माफिया, Marathi: माफीया) occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mafiya? popularity and diffusion
Mafiya is the 1,415,499th most commonly occurring family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 47,631,019 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 77 percent of Mafiya live; 72 percent live in Central Africa and 72 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 73,044th most frequent first name at a global level. It is borne by 7,675 people.
This surname is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 109 people, or 1 in 677,794. Apart from The DR Congo Mafiya occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in India, where 16 percent reside and Bangladesh, where 6 percent reside.
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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