Mpofana Surname

106,431st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,392 people bear this surname

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

Mpofana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mpofana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa4,3751:12,3831,535
Zambia71:2,264,27533,397
England51:11,143,612252,590
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028

Mpofana (97) may also be a first name.

Mpofana Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mpofana is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mpofana? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 106,431st most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 1,659,277 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mpofana are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Mpofana is also the 962,660th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, held by 97 people.

This surname is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is carried by 4,375 people, or 1 in 12,383. In South Africa Mpofana is most frequent in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 62 percent are found, Eastern Cape, where 25 percent are found and Gauteng, where 6 percent are found. Aside from South Africa this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 0 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Mpofana Last Name Statistics demography

Mpofana earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 47.78% less than the national average, earning R 124,092 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mphofana937/
Mpofane86198/
Mpefana8611/
Mpofani868/
Mpofano864/
Mpafana863/
Mpofona861/
Mphofane807/
Mphafana802/
Mpophana801/
Bofana77694/
Bofanga71496/
Boufana711/
Mphafane67262/
Bofanash671/

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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 Mpofana
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