Mafulela Surname

1,380,086th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 159 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Mafulela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Mafulela Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa871:622,73246,743
Zimbabwe661:233,91325,760
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
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Mafulela Demographics

Average Mafulela Salary in
South Africa

R 104,640

Per year
Rank:
130,102 of 197,403
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.000104386
Rank: 62,242 of 197,403
Percentage of national average salary:
44.03%
Sample size: 25 (2017)

Average Salary in
South Africa

R 237,638

Per year
Per month:
R 19,803
Per week:
R 4,401
Per day:
R 651

View the highest/lowest earning families in South Africa

Mafulela Last Name Facts

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

Mafulela occurs most in South Africa. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Mafulela.

How Common Is The Last Name Mafulela? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,380,086th most prevalent surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 45,833,622 people. The surname Mafulela occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Mafulela live; 96 percent live in Southern Africa and 96 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

It is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 87 people, or 1 in 622,732. In South Africa Mafulela is mostly found in: Gauteng, where 61 percent live and Mpumalanga, where 39 percent live. Excluding South Africa this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 42 percent live and Canada, where 4 percent live.

Mafulela Last Name Statistics demography

Mafulela earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 55.97% less than the national average, earning R 104,640 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mafulila8852/
Mafolela8835/
Mafulele8819/
Mafilela881/
Mafihlela8253/
Mofulele7521/
Mafolele759/
Mafulilo751/
Mofilela751/
Maphilela711/
Mofolele631/
Maphilelo598/
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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 Mafulela
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