Mafokoane Surname

323,175th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,154 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Mafokoane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mafokoane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,1381:47,6086,058
Lesotho111:184,77813,836
England31:18,572,686338,250
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mafokoane (11) may also be a first name.

Mafokoane Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mafokoane occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mafokoane? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mafokoane is the 323,175th most numerous family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 6,315,031 people. Mafokoane occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mafokoane live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Mafokoane is also the 3,487,849th most commonly occurring first name on earth, borne by 11 people.

The surname is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is borne by 1,138 people, or 1 in 47,608. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Limpopo, where 57 percent reside, Gauteng, where 33 percent reside and Mpumalanga, where 5 percent reside. Excluding South Africa Mafokoane occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Lesotho, where 1 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Mafokoane Last Name Statistics demography

Mafokoane earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 30.18% less than the national average, earning R 165,924 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mofokoane89104/
Mafokoana8952/
Mafakoane891/
Maphokoane84579/
'Maphokoane801/
Mafukoana781/
Mofokoang781/
Maphokoana749/
Maphukoane742/
Mophokoane741/
Maphakoane741/
Maffokouong708/
Maphukoani631/

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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 Mafokoane
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