Mafota Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Mafota Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Mafota Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mafota Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mafota occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Mafota click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mafota? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mafota is the 5,587,209th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Mafota reside; 67 percent reside in Central Africa and 67 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
Mafota is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 5,192,267. In Cameroon Mafota is primarily found in: Centre Region, where 50 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 25 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 33 percent reside and Lesotho, where 8 percent reside.
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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
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- 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 Mafota
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