Mafore Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Mafore Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Mafore (139) may also be a first name.
Mafore Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mafore Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mafore is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Mafore.
How Common Is The Last Name Mafore? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,063,924th most frequently held last name globally It is held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Mafore are found; 70 percent are found in Southern Africa and 70 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 784,558th most numerous first name world-wide, held by 139 people.
This surname is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 7,739,672. In South Africa Mafore is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 29 percent are found, Free State, where 14 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 14 percent are found. Barring South Africa this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 10 percent are found and Nigeria, where 10 percent are found.
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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 Mafore
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