Mafum Surname
Approximately 72 people bear this surname
Mafum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 70 | 1:296,701 | 27,784 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Mafum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mafum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mafum occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mafum? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mafum is the 2,237,939th most commonly used last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 101,215,916 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Mafum reside; 97 percent reside in Central Africa and 97 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 70 people, or 1 in 296,701. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Northwest Region, where 71 percent reside, Centre Region, where 23 percent reside and Southwest Region, where 4 percent reside. Without taking into account Cameroon it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Afghanistan, where 1 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mafume | 91 | 442 | / |
| Mafoum | 91 | 24 | / |
| Mafhum | 91 | 12 | / |
| Mafhoum | 83 | 1,842 | / |
| Mafumhe | 83 | 579 | / |
| Mafaume | 83 | 22 | / |
| Mapfume | 83 | 4 | / |
| Mahfoum | 83 | 3 | / |
| Mafumme | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mafun | 80 | 19 | / |
| Mafom | 80 | 16 | / |
| Mefum | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mafune | 73 | 3,129 | / |
| Mafund | 73 | 110 | / |
| Mafhom | 73 | 76 | / |
| Madfun | 73 | 52 | / |
| Maifun | 73 | 37 | / |
| Mafung | 73 | 21 | / |
| Maphum | 73 | 9 | / |
| Maafom | 73 | 7 | / |
| Mahfun | 73 | 3 | / |
| Mafoom | 73 | 3 | / |
| Mafeun | 73 | 3 | / |
| Mafunt | 73 | 1 | / |
| Maffun | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mofume | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mafoun | 73 | 1 | / |
| Masfun | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mafaune | 67 | 810 | / |
| Maiphum | 67 | 134 | / |
| Mafoune | 67 | 36 | / |
| Matphum | 67 | 34 | / |
| Mefhoum | 67 | 11 | / |
| Mafunhe | 67 | 9 | / |
| Mahafun | 67 | 8 | / |
| Maifune | 67 | 4 | / |
| Maphume | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mafoung | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mafeune | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mafhoom | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mofumme | 67 | 2 | / |
| Meufeum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mafusin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meafung | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maifung | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maafoun | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Mafum
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