Mahlafora Surname

3,274,477th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 36 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Mahlafora Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mahlafora Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa361:1,504,93677,557

Mahlafora Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mahlafora Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Mahlafora is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mahlafora? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,274,477th most frequently held family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 202,431,831 people. The last name Mahlafora occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mahlafora reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is borne by 36 people, or 1 in 1,504,936. In South Africa Mahlafora is primarily concentrated in: Gauteng, where 56 percent are found, Limpopo, where 33 percent are found and Eastern Cape, where 6 percent are found.

Mahlafora Last Name Statistics demography

Mahlafora earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 71.32% less than the national average, earning R 68,148 per year.

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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 Mahlafora
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