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 in South Africa. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mahafa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,620,164th most prevalent family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 58,770,532 people. Mahafa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mahafa live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,614,485th most commonly held first name on earth. It is borne by 40 people.
Mahafa is most widely held in South Africa, where it is carried by 119 people, or 1 in 455,275. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Limpopo, where 60 percent live, Gauteng, where 31 percent live and North West, where 8 percent live. Aside from South Africa this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 2 percent live and Lesotho, where 1 percent live.
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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