Mafuwa Surname
Approximately 1,202 people bear this surname
Mafuwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 598 | 1:25,816 | 3,943 |
| Malawi | 261 | 1:65,590 | 8,693 |
| Zambia | 231 | 1:68,614 | 6,028 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| South Africa | 43 | 1:1,259,947 | 70,377 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Mafuwa (17) may also be a first name.
Mafuwa Demographics
Average Mafuwa Salary in
South Africa
R 85,380
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mafuwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mafuwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mafuwa occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mafuwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mafuwa is the 312,825th most frequent surname globally, borne by around 1 in 6,062,850 people. The last name Mafuwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mafuwa live; 94 percent live in Southern Africa and 94 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Mafuwa is also the 2,694,839th most frequently held first name internationally, borne by 17 people.
It is most widespread in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 598 people, or 1 in 25,816. In Zimbabwe it is most frequent in: Harare Province, where 26 percent live, Mashonaland Central Province, where 23 percent live and Mashonaland West Province, where 22 percent live. Other than Zimbabwe this last name is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 22 percent live and Zambia, where 19 percent live.
Mafuwa Last Name Statistics demography
Mafuwa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 64.07% less than the national average, earning R 85,380 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mapfuwa | 92 | 686 | / |
| Mafhuwa | 92 | 52 | / |
| Mafuswa | 92 | 6 | / |
| Mafeuwa | 92 | 2 | / |
| Maifouwa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mapfouwa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mapfuhwa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mafuva | 83 | 741 | / |
| Mafuwe | 83 | 717 | / |
| Mafuba | 83 | 277 | / |
| Mafiwa | 83 | 32 | / |
| Mafuwo | 83 | 14 | / |
| Mofuwa | 83 | 4 | / |
| Mefuwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mapfuva | 77 | 78 | / |
| Mafuvha | 77 | 37 | / |
| Mafuhwe | 77 | 26 | / |
| Mapfiwa | 77 | 18 | / |
| Mafouba | 77 | 9 | / |
| Maphuwa | 77 | 9 | / |
| Mafouwe | 77 | 3 | / |
| Mefeuwa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mafeuwo | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mapfuwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mafouwo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mafuwoh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mafiwaa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mofuywa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mafauwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mafuvah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mapfuwo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mafube | 67 | 137 | / |
| Mafowe | 67 | 76 | / |
| Mafubo | 67 | 74 | / |
| Mafuve | 67 | 55 | / |
| Mofiwa | 67 | 33 | / |
| Mafowo | 67 | 22 | / |
| Mafubi | 67 | 5 | / |
| Mafuvo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Mofuba | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mafiva | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mofuwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mafuvi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mefiwa | 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
- 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 Mafuwa
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