Mafotha Surname
Approximately 119 people bear this surname
Mafotha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 71 | 1:28,628 | 5,512 |
| South Africa | 48 | 1:1,128,702 | 66,097 |
Mafotha (360) may also be a first name.
Mafotha Demographics
Average Mafotha Salary in
South Africa
R 239,988
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mafotha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mafotha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mafotha is more frequently found in Lesotho than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Mafotha.
How Common Is The Last Name Mafotha? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,666,404th most frequently held surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 61,239,882 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mafotha live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 458,892nd most commonly held first name globally, borne by 360 people.
This last name is most common in Lesotho, where it is held by 71 people, or 1 in 28,628. In Lesotho it is primarily concentrated in: Butha-Buthe District, where 28 percent live, Mokhotlong District, where 24 percent live and Thaba-Tseka District, where 21 percent live. Without taking into account Lesotho Mafotha occurs in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 40 percent live.
Mafotha Last Name Statistics demography
Mafotha earn around the same as the average income. In South Africa they earn 0.99% more than the national average, earning R 239,988 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 Mafotha
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