Mafunda Surname

93,495th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,103 people bear this surname

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

Mafunda Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mafunda Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2,7451:19,7372,483
DR Congo1,2451:59,3417,086
Zimbabwe6381:24,1983,656
Tanzania4361:121,42611,530
Zambia231:689,12726,212
Uganda71:5,577,040114,218
England41:13,929,515290,718
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Mafunda (3,411) may also be a first name.

Mafunda Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mafunda is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mafunda? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 93,495th most widespread last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 1,428,091 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mafunda are found; 67 percent are found in Southern Africa and 67 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 121,891st most commonly held first name world-wide. It is borne by 3,411 people.

This surname is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is carried by 2,745 people, or 1 in 19,737. In South Africa Mafunda is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 72 percent are found, KwaZulu-Natal, where 11 percent are found and Gauteng, where 9 percent are found. Apart from South Africa this surname occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 24 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 13 percent are found.

Mafunda Last Name Statistics demography

Mafunda earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 33.78% less than the national average, earning R 157,356 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 Mafunda
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