Mafwela Surname
Approximately 105 people bear this surname
Mafwela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 103 | 1:717,277 | 51,618 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Mafwela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mafwela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mafwela is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mafwela? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mafwela is the 1,795,579th most frequently held last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 69,405,199 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mafwela live; 98 percent live in Central Africa and 98 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
This surname is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is held by 103 people, or 1 in 717,277. Aside from The DR Congo Mafwela exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 1 percent are found and Zambia, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mafwele | 86 | 2,736 | / |
| Mafwila | 86 | 729 | / |
| Mafwala | 86 | 112 | / |
| Mafuela | 86 | 42 | / |
| Mavwela | 86 | 35 | / |
| Mabwela | 86 | 35 | / |
| Mafwelo | 86 | 4 | / |
| Mafwalai | 80 | 49 | / |
| Mafwilai | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mafwalla | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mafwilla | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mafuila | 71 | 2,893 | / |
| Mabuela | 71 | 2,505 | / |
| Mavuela | 71 | 866 | / |
| Mafwili | 71 | 202 | / |
| Mafwolo | 71 | 93 | / |
| Mabwele | 71 | 23 | / |
| Mafuele | 71 | 4 | / |
| Mafuelo | 71 | 4 | / |
| Mavwala | 71 | 4 | / |
| Mabvela | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mafwilo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mabwila | 71 | 1 | / |
| Maifuila | 67 | 5 | / |
| Maphuela | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mavouela | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mavhuela | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maffuelo | 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 Mafwela
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