Gafuma Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Gafuma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 14 | 1:2,788,520 | 78,087 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Gafuma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gafuma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gafuma occurs more in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gafuma? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gafuma is the 4,908,606th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. Gafuma occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gafuma are found; 94 percent are found in East Africa and 88 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequent in Uganda, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 2,788,520. In Uganda Gafuma is most numerous in: Butaleja District, where 43 percent are found, Wakiso District, where 29 percent are found and Kampala District, where 14 percent are found. Besides Uganda it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 6 percent are found and Kenya, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afuma | 91 | 631 | / |
| Ngafouma | 86 | 2 | / |
| Afouma | 83 | 167 | / |
| Afumah | 83 | 2 | / |
| Aifuma | 83 | 2 | / |
| Afumaa | 83 | 2 | / |
| Asfuma | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gofuma | 83 | 1 | / |
| Apfouma | 77 | 16 | / |
| Affouma | 77 | 2 | / |
| Hafouma | 77 | 1 | / |
| Afoma | 73 | 211 | / |
| Ofuma | 73 | 123 | / |
| Afumo | 73 | 7 | / |
| Ngapfume | 71 | 6 | / |
| Ofouma | 67 | 95 | / |
| Ofumah | 67 | 26 | / |
| Ngaapfume | 67 | 19 | / |
| Afeumo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Afoumo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ngafoumou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hofuma | 67 | 1 | / |
| Affoma | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hafumo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Afomai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Afomma | 67 | 1 | / |
| Afomaa | 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 Gafuma
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