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 occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Maifo.
How Common Is The Last Name Maifo? popularity and diffusion
The last name Maifo is the 190,894th most commonly used surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 3,299,025 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Maifo live; 94 percent live in Southern Africa and 94 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 885,979th most prevalent first name worldwide It is held by 112 people.
The last name Maifo is most common in South Africa, where it is borne by 1,978 people, or 1 in 27,390. In South Africa Maifo is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 44 percent reside, Limpopo, where 43 percent reside and Mpumalanga, where 4 percent reside. Outside of South Africa this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 4 percent reside and Lesotho, where 4 percent reside.
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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