Mahafa Surname
Approximately 124 people bear this surname
Mahafa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 119 | 1:455,275 | 38,276 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 1:5,146,080 | 115,446 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Mahafa (40) may also be a first name.
Mahafa Demographics
Average Mahafa Salary in
South Africa
R 172,296
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mahafa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mahafa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mahafa (Marathi: महफा) is found most frequently in South Africa. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Mahafa.
How Common Is The Last Name Mahafa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mahafa is the 1,620,164th most frequent family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 58,770,532 people. The last name Mahafa is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mahafa reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Mahafa is also the 1,614,485th most common forename on earth. It is borne by 40 people.
The last name Mahafa is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 119 people, or 1 in 455,275. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Limpopo, where 60 percent are found, Gauteng, where 31 percent are found and North West, where 8 percent are found. Excluding South Africa this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 2 percent are found and Lesotho, where 1 percent are found.
Mahafa Last Name Statistics demography
Mahafa earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 27.5% less than the national average, earning R 172,296 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mahafa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mahafa in the Marathi language | ||
| महफा | mahapha | - |
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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 Mahafa
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