Mpafi Surname

1,518,885th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 137 people bear this surname

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

Mpafi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mpafi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1321:410,43735,867
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
Greece11:11,079,790145,225

Mpafi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mpafi is found most frequently in South Africa. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mpafi? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mpafi is the 1,518,885th most commonly occurring family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 53,193,766 people. The surname Mpafi is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mpafi reside; 96 percent reside in Southern Africa and 96 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Mpafi is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 132 people, or 1 in 410,437. In South Africa Mpafi is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 84 percent live, Western Cape, where 7 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 6 percent live. Excluding South Africa it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 3 percent live and Greece, where 1 percent live.

Mpafi Last Name Statistics demography

Mpafi earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 39.43% less than the national average, earning R 143,928 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mphafi91965/
Mpaafi911/
Mpahfi911/
'Mphafi832/
Mpafa80649/
Mpofi8025/
Mpefi8021/
Mpafe8018/
Mphafa73488/
Mphafe73297/
Mpoifi7375/
Mpaphi7366/
Mphofi732/
Mpofui731/
Bafi67393/
Vafi67381/
Mphaphi672/

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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 Mpafi
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