Mafotsing Surname

384,325th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 925 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Mafotsing Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mafotsing Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon9221:22,5263,062
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Mafotsing (33) may also be a first name.

Mafotsing Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mafotsing Come From? nationality or country of origin

Mafotsing occurs most in Cameroon. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mafotsing? popularity and diffusion

It is the 384,325th most prevalent surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 7,878,428 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mafotsing live; 100 percent live in Central Africa and 99 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Mafotsing is also the 1,807,719th most frequent given name globally It is held by 33 people.

It is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 922 people, or 1 in 22,526. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: West Region, where 48 percent reside, Centre Region, where 30 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 19 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent reside and Kenya, where 0 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
  • 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 Mafotsing
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