Mofao Surname

1,422,956th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 152 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Mofao Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Mofao Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho1471:13,8273,053
Papua New Guinea41:2,038,429140,827
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Mofao (96) may also be a first name.

Mofao Last Name Facts

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

Mofao is found in Lesotho more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mofao? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,422,956th most prevalent surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 47,944,381 people. The last name Mofao occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Mofao live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 968,397th most frequently occurring forename at a global level, held by 96 people.

The surname Mofao is most prevalent in Lesotho, where it is borne by 147 people, or 1 in 13,827. In Lesotho Mofao is most frequent in: Mohale's Hoek District, where 35 percent live, Thaba-Tseka District, where 30 percent live and Maseru District, where 22 percent live. Other than Lesotho this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Moufaou831/
Mafao8036/
Mofoa802/
Mofuoa73116/
Mofouo734/
Mofoea733/
Mmofoa732/
Mofooa732/
Mafauo731/
Moifoa731/
Mofoua731/
Mofoho731/
Mafaho731/
Moufouo6711/
Moufoua671/
Mohfoad671/
Moffouo671/
Moffoua671/
Mofuoas671/
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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 Mofao
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