Mafola Surname
Approximately 267 people bear this surname
Mafola Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 218 | 1:248,522 | 25,292 |
| Lesotho | 29 | 1:70,088 | 9,364 |
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Mafola (95) may also be a first name.
Mafola Demographics
Average Mafola Salary in
South Africa
R 87,504
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mafola Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mafola Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mafola is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mafola? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 970,883rd most prevalent last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 27,294,179 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Mafola live; 93 percent live in Southern Africa and 93 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 974,243rd most frequently used first name on earth. It is borne by 95 people.
The surname is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is held by 218 people, or 1 in 248,522. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 56 percent live, Gauteng, where 18 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 17 percent live. Not including South Africa this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Lesotho, where 11 percent live and Cameroon, where 4 percent live.
Mafola Last Name Statistics demography
Mafola earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 63.18% less than the national average, earning R 87,504 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
- 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 Mafola
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