Mofolo Surname
Approximately 11,379 people bear this surname
Mofolo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 5,620 | 1:3,046 | 383 |
| Lesotho | 2,868 | 1:709 | 39 |
| South Africa | 2,716 | 1:19,948 | 2,521 |
| Zimbabwe | 143 | 1:107,960 | 14,912 |
| England | 18 | 1:3,095,448 | 105,421 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mofolo (1,158) may also be a first name.
Mofolo Demographics
Average Mofolo Salary in
South Africa
R 188,676
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mofolo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mofolo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mofolo is more frequently found in Malawi than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mofolo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 45,589th most frequently held family name on earth, held by around 1 in 640,438 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mofolo live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 233,570th most frequently used first name world-wide, held by 1,158 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Malawi, where it is borne by 5,620 people, or 1 in 3,046. Besides Malawi this last name occurs in 15 countries. It is also found in Lesotho, where 25 percent reside and South Africa, where 24 percent reside.
Mofolo Last Name Statistics demography
Mofolo earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 20.6% less than the national average, earning R 188,676 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moffolo | 92 | 315 | / |
| Moyfolo | 92 | 5 | / |
| Mgofolo | 92 | 3 | / |
| Mofoloo | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mofoloh | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mofollo | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mafolo | 83 | 2,915 | / |
| Mefolo | 83 | 203 | / |
| Mofola | 83 | 54 | / |
| Mofulo | 83 | 3 | / |
| Mofalo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mafoloi | 77 | 40 | / |
| Maefolo | 77 | 36 | / |
| Mafohlo | 77 | 19 | / |
| Meffolo | 77 | 6 | / |
| Mofohla | 77 | 5 | / |
| Maffolo | 77 | 3 | / |
| Mafoloh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mafolop | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mofolah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mafollo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Moifola | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mafoulou | 71 | 6 | / |
| Mefoulou | 71 | 2 | / |
| Moufoula | 71 | 1 | / |
| Maphoolo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mmopholo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mafulo | 67 | 1,214 | / |
| Mafalo | 67 | 847 | / |
| Mofula | 67 | 298 | / |
| Mafelo | 67 | 270 | / |
| Mafola | 67 | 267 | / |
| Mofela | 67 | 121 | / |
| Mefola | 67 | 51 | / |
| Mofala | 67 | 15 | / |
| Mefelo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Moufoulha | 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
- 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 Mofolo
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