Mafooa Surname
Approximately 144 people bear this surname
Mafooa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 101 | 1:20,124 | 4,188 |
| South Africa | 43 | 1:1,259,947 | 70,377 |
Mafooa (27) may also be a first name.
Mafooa Demographics
Average Mafooa Salary in
South Africa
R 73,548
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mafooa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mafooa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mafooa occurs more in Lesotho more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mafooa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,471,719th most frequently held last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 50,607,958 people. The surname Mafooa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mafooa live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,036,353rd most prevalent first name on earth. It is borne by 27 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Lesotho, where it is borne by 101 people, or 1 in 20,124. In Lesotho Mafooa is most numerous in: Leribe District, where 43 percent live, Berea District, where 28 percent live and Maseru District, where 17 percent live. Apart from Lesotho this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 30 percent live.
Mafooa Last Name Statistics demography
Mafooa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 69.05% less than the national average, earning R 73,548 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 Mafooa
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