Mafotse Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Mafotse Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mafotse (3) may also be a first name.
Mafotse Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mafotse Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mafotse occurs most in Cameroon. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of Mafotse click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mafotse? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mafotse is the 10,311,814th most frequently held last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname Mafotse is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mafotse live; 67 percent live in Central Africa and 67 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 7,463,778th most frequently held forename at a global level, borne by 3 people.
The surname Mafotse is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 10,384,534. In Cameroon Mafotse is mostly found in: Centre Region, where 50 percent live and West Region, where 50 percent live. Excluding Cameroon this last name exists in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 33 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 Mafotse
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