Maifo Surname
Approximately 2,209 people bear this surname
Maifo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 1,978 | 1:27,390 | 3,503 |
| Nigeria | 95 | 1:1,864,661 | 66,902 |
| Lesotho | 91 | 1:22,336 | 4,599 |
| Papua New Guinea | 37 | 1:220,371 | 30,351 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Maifo (112) may also be a first name.
Maifo Demographics
Average Maifo Salary in
South Africa
R 117,060
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Maifo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Maifo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Maifo is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Maifo? popularity and diffusion
It is the 190,894th most numerous last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 3,299,025 people. Maifo is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Maifo are found; 94 percent are found in Southern Africa and 94 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Maifo is also the 885,979th most frequent forename on earth, borne by 112 people.
The last name is most numerous in South Africa, where it is held by 1,978 people, or 1 in 27,390. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Gauteng, where 44 percent live, Limpopo, where 43 percent live and Mpumalanga, where 4 percent live. Apart from South Africa this last name exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 4 percent live and Lesotho, where 4 percent live.
Maifo Last Name Statistics demography
Maifo earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 50.74% less than the national average, earning R 117,060 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 Maifo
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