Mafoko Surname

106,825th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,373 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Mafoko Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mafoko Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3,1061:17,4432,196
Botswana9161:2,387267
Cameroon1661:125,11514,217
Zimbabwe1291:119,67616,190
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
England121:4,643,172139,951
Lesotho121:169,38013,459
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
France21:33,211,361423,184
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Mafoko (837) may also be a first name.

Mafoko Last Name Facts

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

Mafoko is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mafoko? popularity and diffusion

The last name Mafoko is the 106,825th most widely held last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,666,487 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mafoko live; 95 percent live in Southern Africa and 95 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Mafoko is also the 282,223rd most frequent forename worldwide, borne by 837 people.

This surname is most frequent in South Africa, where it is carried by 3,106 people, or 1 in 17,443. In South Africa it is most numerous in: North West, where 50 percent are found, Gauteng, where 33 percent are found and Limpopo, where 11 percent are found. Besides South Africa this last name exists in 12 countries. It is also found in Botswana, where 21 percent are found and Cameroon, where 4 percent are found.

Mafoko Last Name Statistics demography

Mafoko earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 29.92% less than the national average, earning R 166,536 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mafokou92711/
Mafhoko92150/
Maffoko9217/
Mafokos921/
Maifoko921/
Mapfoko921/
Mafooko921/
Mafokuo921/
Mafokoh921/
Mafocko921/
Maefoko921/
Maffokou86125/
Mafoukou8641/
Mafokouh861/
Mafockou861/
Maafokou861/
Maefooko861/
Mafoskou861/
Mafuko83706/
Mafoka83242/
Mefoko8380/
Mafako8331/
Mofoko8320/
Mafeko835/
Mafoco834/
Mafoqo831/
Maafoukou801/
Maffoukou801/
Mafohkouh801/
Mefokou7749/
Maphoko7742/
Maefako7723/
Mafouka7714/
Mafoeka7714/
Mofokou773/
Mafuuko771/
Mafukou771/
Mafokha771/
Mafokeu771/
Mafocka771/
Mafeuko771/
Maufuko771/
Maffoco771/
Mapfuko771/
Mapfoka771/
Mafeukou7145/
Masfukoh715/
Maphooko712/
Meffokou711/
Mefoukou711/
Maphokgo711/
Mafuka672,235/
Mofoka672,216/
Mafeka67679/
Mafaka67667/
Mofako67286/
Mefoka6756/
Mofeko675/
Mafeco673/
Mafoqa671/
Mofuko671/
Maiffokeu671/

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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 Mafoko
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