Mafowe Surname
Approximately 76 people bear this surname
Mafowe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 75 | 1:276,921 | 26,437 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Mafowe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mafowe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mafowe occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Mafowe.
How Common Is The Last Name Mafowe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mafowe is the 2,168,711th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 95,888,762 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mafowe live; 99 percent live in Central Africa and 99 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 75 people, or 1 in 276,921. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: West Region, where 35 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 33 percent are found and Centre Region, where 32 percent are found. Barring Cameroon Mafowe exists in one country. It is also common in Brazil, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Mafowe
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