Mafus Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Mafus Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Mafus (66) may also be a first name.
Mafus Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mafus Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mafus (Hindi: माफूस) is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mafus? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,063,924th most commonly occurring family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 60 percent of Mafus reside; 60 percent reside in West Africa and 60 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,201,840th most common first name throughout the world. It is borne by 66 people.
The last name Mafus is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Ogun, where 60 percent are found and Lagos, where 40 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 20 percent are found and Ghana, where 10 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mafus Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mafus in the Hindi language | ||
| माफूस | maphusa | - |
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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 Mafus
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