Maffia

See also: maffia

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian Maffia.

Proper noun

Maffia (plural Maffias)

A surname from Italian.

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Maffia is the 41359^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 526 individuals. Maffia is most common among White (92.97%) individuals.

Further reading

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Maffia”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 488.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -æfiə

Proper noun

Maffia

Dated form of Mafia.

German

Noun

Maffia f (genitive Maffia, plural Maffias)

Formerly standard spelling of Mafia which was deprecated in 2011.

Declension

Declension of Maffia [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Maffia	die	Maffias
genitive	einer	der	Maffia	der	Maffias
dative	einer	der	Maffia	den	Maffias
accusative	eine	die	Maffia	die	Maffias

Italian

Etymology

From a variant of the personal name Mattia.

Proper noun

Maffia m or f by sense

a surname originating as a patronymic

Further reading

Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015-2024

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