Mafukeni Surname

310,357th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,214 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Mafukeni Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mafukeni Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi9931:17,2402,710
Zimbabwe1161:133,08817,509
Tanzania511:1,038,07145,916
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
Zambia231:689,12726,212
England21:27,859,030389,889
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mafukeni (252) may also be a first name.

Mafukeni Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mafukeni occurs most in Malawi. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mafukeni? popularity and diffusion

Mafukeni is the 310,357th most common last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,002,921 people. The last name Mafukeni is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mafukeni reside; 93 percent reside in Southern Africa and 93 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 561,423rd most widely held first name globally, borne by 252 people.

Mafukeni is most commonly occurring in Malawi, where it is borne by 993 people, or 1 in 17,240. Beside Malawi it occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 10 percent live and Tanzania, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mafikeni88727/
Mafukene884/
Mofukeni881/
Mafokeni881/
Mafokkeni821/
Mafukane7521/
Mafikini7511/
Mofokeni755/
Mofukena752/
Mafikene752/
Maphuceni716/
Maphikeni711/
Maffucini711/
Maffuccini674/
Mafikane6310/
Mofokene639/
Mofokena635/
Mofokeny631/
Maphikani592/
Maphikoni591/
Moficoni503/

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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 Mafukeni
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