Mafon Surname
Approximately 493 people bear this surname
Mafon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 419 | 1:49,568 | 6,490 |
| Benin | 38 | 1:271,990 | 23,227 |
| Russia | 18 | 1:8,006,836 | 292,169 |
| Belarus | 5 | 1:1,900,212 | 97,012 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
Mafon (52) may also be a first name.
Mafon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mafon Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mafon (Russian: Мафон) is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mafon? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 622,538th most common last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 14,782,040 people. The surname Mafon is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Mafon live; 85 percent live in Central Africa and 85 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Mafon is also the 1,381,723rd most prevalent first name at a global level. It is borne by 52 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is held by 419 people, or 1 in 49,568. In Cameroon Mafon is most frequent in: West Region, where 35 percent live, Southwest Region, where 26 percent live and Northwest Region, where 19 percent live. Not including Cameroon it exists in 12 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 8 percent live and Russia, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mafon Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mafon in the Russian language | ||
| Мафон | mafon | - |
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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 Mafon
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