Mafona Surname

883,255th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 305 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Mafona Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mafona Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2481:218,45822,930
Cameroon351:593,40245,326
Lesotho151:135,50412,442
Uganda51:7,807,856134,263
England11:55,718,059489,080
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Mafona (93) may also be a first name.

Mafona Last Name Facts

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

Mafona is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Mafona.

How Common Is The Last Name Mafona? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 883,255th most common last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 23,893,593 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mafona reside; 87 percent reside in Southern Africa and 87 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Mafona is also the 986,211th most commonly used first name at a global level. It is borne by 93 people.

The last name is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is held by 248 people, or 1 in 218,458. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Limpopo, where 50 percent live, Gauteng, where 26 percent live and North West, where 16 percent live. Besides South Africa it is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 11 percent live and Lesotho, where 5 percent live.

Mafona Last Name Statistics demography

Mafona earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 37.94% less than the national average, earning R 147,468 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mafouna9215/
Mafonga922/
Maefonea8614/
Meafouna861/
Mafounga861/
Mafounah861/
Mafuna832,559/
Mafana83865/
Mafone83183/
Mafono8375/
Mofona8331/
Mafoni8319/
Mafena839/
Mefona831/
Maifougna801/
Mafunga779,268/
Mafongo77715/
Maffoni77454/
Mafanga77431/
Mofonga77307/
Maffone77145/
Mafogne7777/
Mafoune7736/
Mafonyo7732/
Mafouni7731/
Maifana7728/
Mafogno7717/
Mafongi7712/
Mafunah776/
Mafhuna773/
Mapfuna772/
Mofoena772/
Mafagna771/
Mafaana771/
Mafanea771/
Mafunha771/
Mafanad771/
Mafeena771/
Mafoner771/
Mafanah771/
Madfoni771/
Maifena771/
Maffono771/
Mehfona771/
Mefouna771/
Maifone771/
Mafuuna771/
Mafonou771/
Mafonne771/
Mafonje771/
Mafohne771/
Maafoune71209/
Madfoune71204/
Mafongou7164/
Madfouni7126/
Mafounis7125/
Mafungah7112/
Mafangah718/
Mafognie718/
Maphonga718/
Mapfunga714/
Maffonou713/
Madfouny713/
Maiphona713/
Maifonet712/
Mafhanga712/
Mafounou712/
Maifongo711/
Mafonych711/
Maufanga711/
Mafanaia711/
Maffonne711/
Mafuongo711/
Maifanga711/
Maifoone711/
Maifotne711/
Maifouni711/
Mohfonga711/
Mahfoune711/
Mmafunga711/
Mopfouna711/
Madfunah711/
Maufoine710/
Mafune673,129/
Mafane671,328/
Mofana671,005/
Mafani67981/
Mafuni67204/
Mafany6760/
Mefana6731/
Mafano6730/
Mofono6725/
Mafuno6714/
Mafoungou673/
Mofoni671/
Mofone671/
Mefena671/
Mahafanga671/
Mafuny671/

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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 Mafona
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