Majafu Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Majafu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Majafu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Majafu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Majafu has its highest incidence in South Africa. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Majafu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Majafu is the 6,063,924th most frequently used surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name Majafu occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Majafu are found; 90 percent are found in Southern Africa and 90 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Majafu is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 6,772,213. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Free State, where 75 percent reside, Gauteng, where 13 percent reside and KwaZulu-Natal, where 13 percent reside. Not including South Africa this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 10 percent reside and Zambia, where 10 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Majapfu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Majafuj | 92 | 1 | / |
| Masafu | 83 | 1,654 | / |
| Mayafu | 83 | 103 | / |
| Majfud | 83 | 53 | / |
| Mazafu | 83 | 49 | / |
| Mojafu | 83 | 16 | / |
| Mejafu | 83 | 2 | / |
| Majifu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Majfuj | 83 | 1 | / |
| Majfuh | 83 | 1 | / |
| Maiafu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Machafu | 77 | 747 | / |
| Makhafu | 77 | 95 | / |
| Masaafu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Masafou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mayafuj | 77 | 1 | / |
| Masafau | 77 | 1 | / |
| Maasafu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mafeu | 73 | 397 | / |
| Maufu | 73 | 15 | / |
| Maifu | 73 | 10 | / |
| Maefu | 73 | 5 | / |
| Matchafu | 71 | 96 | / |
| Maihafuj | 71 | 11 | / |
| Machafut | 71 | 5 | / |
| Mgayafou | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mahjfoud | 71 | 1 | / |
| Maffeu | 67 | 495 | / |
| Muyafu | 67 | 205 | / |
| Maupfu | 67 | 163 | / |
| Meafou | 67 | 50 | / |
| Maifuj | 67 | 45 | / |
| Maefau | 67 | 21 | / |
| Mawefu | 67 | 21 | / |
| Maufus | 67 | 13 | / |
| Maifuz | 67 | 7 | / |
| Masofu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Maifou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Maufuj | 67 | 2 | / |
| Maifus | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mayefu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Maufuz | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mayfus | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maifud | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mayfux | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meafus | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meafuz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maefou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maifui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mayifu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mayufu | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Majafu
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