Mafongoya Surname
Approximately 214 people bear this surname
Mafongoya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 211 | 1:73,167 | 10,843 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
Mafongoya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mafongoya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mafongoya occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mafongoya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,129,067th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 34,053,953 people. The surname Mafongoya is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mafongoya live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
Mafongoya is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 211 people, or 1 in 73,167. In Zimbabwe it is primarily found in: Masvingo Province, where 50 percent live, Manicaland Province, where 30 percent live and Harare Province, where 20 percent live. Excluding Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent live and South Africa, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mafongoa | 94 | 1 | / |
| Mafongoye | 89 | 7 | / |
| Mafongou | 82 | 64 | / |
| Mafoungou | 78 | 3 | / |
| Mofonyoya | 78 | 1 | / |
| Mafonye | 75 | 40 | / |
| Mafogou | 75 | 15 | / |
| Mafonou | 75 | 1 | / |
| Maffonou | 71 | 3 | / |
| Mafounou | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mafougou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mafogouh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mafoghou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Maffogou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mafangou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mafaniya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mafungeyi | 67 | 19 | / |
| Mophongoa | 67 | 9 | / |
| Mafoghoue | 67 | 8 | / |
| Madfougou | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mafanye | 63 | 7 | / |
| Moufoungou | 63 | 5 | / |
| Mafanea | 63 | 1 | / |
| Maufangeas | 63 | 1 | / |
| Maphonye | 59 | 16 | / |
| Mafogueu | 59 | 2 | / |
| Mafanaia | 59 | 1 | / |
| Maphangai | 56 | 1 | / |
| Mofoghoue | 56 | 1 | / |
| Mafoigueu | 56 | 1 | / |
| Maffogueu | 56 | 1 | / |
| Mafanie | 50 | 2 | / |
| Mofanye | 50 | 2 | / |
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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 Mafongoya
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