Mapfinya Surname
Approximately 282 people bear this surname
Mapfinya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 271 | 1:56,968 | 8,635 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Mapfinya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mapfinya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mapfinya is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Mapfinya.
How Common Is The Last Name Mapfinya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mapfinya is the 933,049th most frequently held last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 25,842,361 people. Mapfinya is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mapfinya are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Mapfinya is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 271 people, or 1 in 56,968. In Zimbabwe Mapfinya is primarily found in: Masvingo Province, where 52 percent are found, Midlands Province, where 21 percent are found and Harare Province, where 12 percent are found. Excluding Zimbabwe this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 3 percent are found and Sierra Leone, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mafinya | 93 | 311 | / |
| Mapinya | 93 | 48 | / |
| Mafienya | 88 | 73 | / |
| Maspinya | 88 | 5 | / |
| Maphinya | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mapfenya | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mafenya | 80 | 489 | / |
| Mapenya | 80 | 80 | / |
| Mafinia | 80 | 10 | / |
| Mafinyo | 80 | 3 | / |
| Mapinha | 80 | 2 | / |
| Mapinea | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mafhenya | 75 | 48 | / |
| Maspinia | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mapeanya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mofenya | 67 | 28 | / |
| Mapinho | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mahaphinyo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mopinia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mapenia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mafegna | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mouffignach | 53 | 1 | / |
| Moupinho | 50 | 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 Mapfinya
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