Mafuleka Surname

51,986th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,851 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Malawi

Mafuleka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mafuleka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa6,2861:8,6191,089
Malawi2,6661:6,421922
Zambia7201:22,0142,394
Swaziland1261:10,303513
Zimbabwe441:350,86933,247
England41:13,929,515290,718
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Mafuleka Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mafuleka is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mafuleka? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 51,986th most prevalent surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 739,777 people. The last name Mafuleka is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mafuleka reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most frequent in South Africa, where it is held by 6,286 people, or 1 in 8,619. In South Africa it is most common in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 86 percent are found, Gauteng, where 7 percent are found and Mpumalanga, where 3 percent are found. Barring South Africa Mafuleka is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 27 percent are found and Zambia, where 7 percent are found.

Mafuleka Last Name Statistics demography

Mafuleka earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 46.87% less than the national average, earning R 126,252 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mafoleka8815/
Mafuleke8811/
Mafuleca884/
Mafileka882/
Mafulika882/
Mafulaka881/
Mafuleko881/
Mafieleka821/
Mafilika753,276/
Mafulako75769/
Mafuliko751/
Mafulechi711/
Mofulako631/
Mofuloko631/
Maphilika591/
Mofilaka504/

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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 Mafuleka
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