Mafoea Surname
Approximately 113 people bear this surname
Mafoea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 111 | 1:18,311 | 3,892 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Mafoea Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mafoea Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mafoea is found most frequently in Lesotho. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mafoea? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,718,748th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 64,491,557 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mafoea live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most widely held in Lesotho, where it is held by 111 people, or 1 in 18,311. In Lesotho it is most frequent in: Thaba-Tseka District, where 69 percent are found, Maseru District, where 22 percent are found and Berea District, where 6 percent are found. Aside from Lesotho it is found in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mafoe | 91 | 508 | / |
| Mafoa | 91 | 323 | / |
| Mafoua | 83 | 1,277 | / |
| Mafooa | 83 | 144 | / |
| Maefoa | 83 | 30 | / |
| Maifoa | 83 | 13 | / |
| Mafohe | 83 | 11 | / |
| Mafuoa | 83 | 10 | / |
| Mafoha | 83 | 4 | / |
| Mofoea | 83 | 3 | / |
| Maufoe | 83 | 3 | / |
| Mafo'e | 83 | 2 | / |
| Maafoe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Maffoe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Maffoa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Maifoe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Madfoa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Maffoua | 77 | 12 | / |
| Maifoey | 77 | 3 | / |
| Maffohe | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mayfoet | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mafeiia | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mafouya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mafoyia | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mahfoez | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mafouaa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mafouha | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mefoe | 73 | 388 | / |
| Mafao | 73 | 36 | / |
| Mefoa | 73 | 3 | / |
| Mofoa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Mofoe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mahfoedz | 71 | 207 | / |
| Mafohoue | 71 | 16 | / |
| Machfoed | 71 | 15 | / |
| Mafouayo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mahfouaz | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mahfoaiz | 71 | 1 | / |
| Machfoua | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mahfoadz | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mafouo | 67 | 1,834 | / |
| Mafoho | 67 | 506 | / |
| Maifeo | 67 | 346 | / |
| Mafeeo | 67 | 69 | / |
| Mafuah | 67 | 48 | / |
| Mafoui | 67 | 23 | / |
| Machfoedz | 67 | 9 | / |
| Mahfoo | 67 | 6 | / |
| Mefoha | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mofooa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mmofoa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Meffoe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maifao | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maffohoue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mafauo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mafaho | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mofoua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maphoe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mafooo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maffae | 67 | 1 | / |
| Moifoa | 67 | 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 Mafoea
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