Mafosha Surname
Approximately 584 people bear this surname
Mafosha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 575 | 1:29,772 | 4,476 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Mafosha (46) may also be a first name.
Mafosha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mafosha Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mafosha occurs in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mafosha? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 547,713th most prevalent last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 12,478,675 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mafosha reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Mafosha is also the 1,484,914th most frequently used first name at a global level, borne by 46 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Malawi, where it is borne by 575 people, or 1 in 29,772. Excluding Malawi it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 1 percent live and South Africa, where 0 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 Mafosha
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