Mafoya Surname
Approximately 263 people bear this surname
Mafoya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Nigeria | 98 | 1:1,807,579 | 65,389 |
| Zimbabwe | 30 | 1:514,608 | 41,883 |
| South Africa | 28 | 1:1,934,918 | 88,980 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
Mafoya (77) may also be a first name.
Mafoya Demographics
Average Mafoya Salary in
South Africa
R 62,088
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mafoya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mafoya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mafoya occurs in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mafoya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 980,795th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 27,709,300 people. The last name Mafoya is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mafoya live; 62 percent live in Southern Africa and 62 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Mafoya is also the 1,100,117th most frequent first name at a global level, held by 77 people.
This surname is most frequent in Malawi, where it is borne by 105 people, or 1 in 163,039. Without taking into account Malawi it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 37 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 11 percent reside.
Mafoya Last Name Statistics demography
Mafoya earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 73.87% less than the national average, earning R 62,088 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 Mafoya
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