Mfaba Surname

346,411th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,056 people bear this surname

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

Mfaba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mfaba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,0531:51,4516,522
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mfaba Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mfaba occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mfaba? popularity and diffusion

It is the 346,411th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 6,901,085 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mfaba reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Mfaba is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is borne by 1,053 people, or 1 in 51,451. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 60 percent are found, Gauteng, where 27 percent are found and Mpumalanga, where 7 percent are found. Aside from South Africa this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 0 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 0 percent are found.

Mfaba Last Name Statistics demography

Mfaba earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 31.3% less than the national average, earning R 163,260 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mfauba911/
Mfabe80130/
Mfabo8091/
Mfawa8031/
Nfaba807/
Mfeba805/
Mfoba804/
Mfabi801/
Mfouba73264/
Mfawah7360/
Mfabou7342/
Mpfawa7314/
Mfeuba732/
Mfabie731/
Mfeeba731/
Mfobat731/

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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 Mfaba
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