Mofiri Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Mofiri Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 36 | 1:56,460 | 8,384 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Mofiri Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mofiri Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mofiri is most common in Lesotho. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of Mofiri click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mofiri? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,141,416th most widespread last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. Mofiri is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mofiri live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most widely held in Lesotho, where it is borne by 36 people, or 1 in 56,460. In Lesotho Mofiri is mostly concentrated in: Butha-Buthe District, where 100 percent are found. Besides Lesotho Mofiri exists in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 5 percent are found and Cameroon, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moufieri | 86 | 10 | / |
| Mafiri | 83 | 1,760 | / |
| Moferi | 83 | 266 | / |
| Mofire | 83 | 223 | / |
| Mofira | 83 | 38 | / |
| Mefiri | 83 | 3 | / |
| Maefiri | 77 | 134 | / |
| Mafhiri | 77 | 58 | / |
| Mafirei | 77 | 10 | / |
| Maafiri | 77 | 9 | / |
| Mafitri | 77 | 8 | / |
| Moffira | 77 | 2 | / |
| Moffire | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mofiere | 77 | 1 | / |
| Modferi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mhafiri | 77 | 1 | / |
| Moferie | 77 | 1 | / |
| Moufire | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mofirra | 77 | 1 | / |
| Maufitri | 71 | 15 | / |
| Maffieri | 71 | 2 | / |
| Modfferi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mefire | 67 | 16,764 | / |
| Mafira | 67 | 185 | / |
| Mafuri | 67 | 171 | / |
| Mafire | 67 | 157 | / |
| Mofere | 67 | 28 | / |
| Meferi | 67 | 20 | / |
| Maferi | 67 | 19 | / |
| Mofure | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mofrej | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mefuri | 67 | 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 Mofiri
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