Mfokeng Surname

1,305,105th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 173 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Mfokeng Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mfokeng Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1451:373,63933,668
Botswana281:78,10513,263

Mfokeng Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mfokeng is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mfokeng? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mfokeng is the 1,305,105th most numerous last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 42,124,543 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mfokeng are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most numerous in South Africa, where it is held by 145 people, or 1 in 373,639. In South Africa Mfokeng is most frequent in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 57 percent reside, Gauteng, where 19 percent reside and Eastern Cape, where 10 percent reside. Beside South Africa this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Botswana, where 16 percent reside.

Mfokeng Last Name Statistics demography

Mfokeng earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 72.46% less than the national average, earning R 65,436 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 Mfokeng
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