Mafunyane Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Mafunyane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 36 | 1:56,460 | 8,384 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
Mafunyane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mafunyane Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mafunyane occurs more in Lesotho more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mafunyane? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mafunyane is the 3,141,416th most frequently used family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. Mafunyane is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mafunyane live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Mafunyane is most widely held in Lesotho, where it is borne by 36 people, or 1 in 56,460. In Lesotho it is mostly found in: Maseru District, where 61 percent are found, Qacha's Nek District, where 28 percent are found and Mohale's Hoek District, where 8 percent are found. Outside of Lesotho this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 8 percent are found.
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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 Mafunyane
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