Mafokela Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Mafokela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mafokela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho261:78,1759,832
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362

Mafokela Last Name Facts

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

Mafokela is found most frequently in Lesotho. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mafokela? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,665,662nd most frequently held surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. Mafokela is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mafokela are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most widely held in Lesotho, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 78,175. In Lesotho Mafokela is most numerous in: Leribe District, where 69 percent live, Maseru District, where 19 percent live and Thaba-Tseka District, where 12 percent live. Outside of Lesotho it is found in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 10 percent live.

Mafokela Last Name Statistics demography

Mafokela earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 88.87% less than the national average, earning R 26,460 per year.

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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 Mafokela
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