Mfana Surname

208,751st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,981 people bear this surname

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

Mfana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mfana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,7641:30,7133,945
Cameroon1051:197,80120,464
Lesotho621:32,7836,032
Botswana221:99,40615,343
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
England21:27,859,030389,889
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mfana (11,418) may also be a first name.

Mfana Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mfana is most common in South Africa. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Mfana click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mfana? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 208,751st most widespread family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 3,678,721 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mfana live; 93 percent live in Southern Africa and 93 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 56,025th most commonly held first name globally It is held by 11,418 people.

The surname Mfana is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 1,764 people, or 1 in 30,713. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Eastern Cape, where 48 percent live, Western Cape, where 18 percent live and Gauteng, where 12 percent live. Besides South Africa this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 5 percent live and Lesotho, where 3 percent live.

Mfana Last Name Statistics demography

Mfana earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 45.96% less than the national average, earning R 128,412 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mfanga912,030/
Mfagna911/
M'Fana911/
Nfana80255/
Mfona80108/
Mfane8094/
Mfano8080/
Mfena8034/
Mfani8017/
Mphana73628/
Mfouna73187/
Mfanyi73129/
Nfanga7319/
Mfango7315/
Mfagni7312/
Mfanyo732/
Nfanai731/
Mfanie731/
Mfonna731/
Mfogna731/
Mfeina731/
Mfangi731/
Mphanga67221/
M'Founa672/
Mpfouna672/
Mfongna672/
Mfanish671/
Mpheana671/
Mphanna671/
Nffanga671/
Mfangou671/
Mfangni671/

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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 Mfana
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