Mafunye Surname
Approximately 125 people bear this surname
Mafunye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 70 | 1:220,546 | 24,781 |
| Botswana | 55 | 1:39,762 | 7,636 |
Mafunye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mafunye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mafunye is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of Mafunye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mafunye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,612,213th most numerous family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 58,300,367 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mafunye live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
It is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 70 people, or 1 in 220,546. In Zimbabwe Mafunye is most prevalent in: Manicaland Province, where 37 percent are found, Masvingo Province, where 33 percent are found and Mashonaland West Province, where 13 percent are found. Barring Zimbabwe this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Botswana, where 44 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mapfunye | 93 | 1 | / |
| Mafunge | 86 | 86 | / |
| Mafonye | 86 | 40 | / |
| Mafunje | 86 | 9 | / |
| Mafunhe | 86 | 9 | / |
| Mafunei | 86 | 1 | / |
| Maphunye | 80 | 1,321 | / |
| Mafuneyi | 80 | 24 | / |
| Mafaunee | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mofunyeh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mafunhiya | 75 | 109 | / |
| Mafungeyi | 75 | 19 | / |
| 'Maphunye | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mafunheya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mafunji | 71 | 21 | / |
| Mafunja | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mafonje | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mofunaya | 67 | 23 | / |
| Maphonye | 67 | 16 | / |
| Maphunge | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mafounou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Maphunue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mofungei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mapfunja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mmofunaya | 63 | 15 | / |
| Moufunaya | 63 | 5 | / |
| Mofunauya | 63 | 4 | / |
| Mafoungou | 63 | 3 | / |
| Mofunnaya | 63 | 2 | / |
| Mofumnaya | 63 | 1 | / |
| Muofunaya | 63 | 1 | / |
| Muofunnaya | 59 | 1 | / |
| Mafonou | 57 | 1 | / |
| Maffonou | 53 | 3 | / |
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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 Mafunye
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