Mafoyane Surname

1,028,911th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 245 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Mafoyane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mafoyane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2451:221,13323,158

Mafoyane Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mafoyane is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mafoyane? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mafoyane is the 1,028,911th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 29,745,085 people. The last name Mafoyane is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mafoyane live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

Mafoyane is most numerous in South Africa, where it is carried by 245 people, or 1 in 221,133. In South Africa it is most common in: Free State, where 69 percent reside, Gauteng, where 22 percent reside and North West, where 5 percent reside.

Mafoyane Last Name Statistics demography

Mafoyane earn somewhat less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 10.63% less than the national average, earning R 212,376 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
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  • 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 Mafoyane
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