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
The last name Mafore occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Mafore.
How Common Is The Last Name Mafore? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,063,924th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. Mafore occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Mafore reside; 70 percent reside in Southern Africa and 70 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Mafore is also the 784,558th most commonly held first name worldwide, held by 139 people.
The last name Mafore is most widespread in South Africa, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 7,739,672. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Gauteng, where 29 percent live, Free State, where 14 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 14 percent live. Aside from South Africa Mafore occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 10 percent live and Nigeria, where 10 percent live.
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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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