Mafofo Surname

1,785,358th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 106 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Mafofo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mafofo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho471:43,2467,178
Zimbabwe301:514,60841,883
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
England11:55,718,059489,080

Mafofo (14) may also be a first name.

Mafofo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mafofo is held by more people in Lesotho than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mafofo? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mafofo is the 1,785,358th most common surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 68,750,433 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mafofo reside; 79 percent reside in Southern Africa and 79 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most frequent given name in the world, held by 14 people.

The last name Mafofo is most common in Lesotho, where it is borne by 47 people, or 1 in 43,246. In Lesotho it is most common in: Maseru District, where 70 percent reside and Berea District, where 30 percent reside. Apart from Lesotho this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 28 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 20 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mafofou9259/
Mafofoo921/
Maffofou866/
Mahfoufo861/
Mafoffou861/
Mafafo831,342/
Mafofa835/
Mofofo831/
Mafofeu778/
Maphofo773/
Mafeufou712/
Mafefa67230/
Mafafa67171/
Mofafo671/
Mofofa671/
Maphafo6248/
Maphefo6230/
Mofofeu621/
Mefofeu621/
Mafopha621/
Maefafa621/
Maifafa621/
Maphofa621/
Mosfofa621/
Mafhefho5766/
Mafaufau5720/
Mafhepho571/
Maphopho571/
Mmaphefo571/
Mafasfas571/
Mofafa501/
Mofefa501/

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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 Mafofo
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