Mafokwane Surname

235,556th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,708 people bear this surname

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

Mafokwane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mafokwane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,7021:31,8324,079
England21:27,859,030389,889
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mafokwane (32) may also be a first name.

Mafokwane Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mafokwane is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mafokwane? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 235,556th most common last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 4,266,713 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mafokwane live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Mafokwane is also the 1,840,253rd most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 32 people.

This surname is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is carried by 1,702 people, or 1 in 31,832. In South Africa Mafokwane is primarily concentrated in: Limpopo, where 63 percent live, Gauteng, where 23 percent live and Mpumalanga, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account South Africa Mafokwane occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent live and Iceland, where 0 percent live.

Mafokwane Last Name Statistics demography

Mafokwane earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 39.57% less than the national average, earning R 143,604 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 Mafokwane
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