Gafuta Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

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

Gafuta Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gafuta Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Gafuta Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gafuta is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gafuta? popularity and diffusion

Gafuta is the 6,723,624th most prevalent last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 88 percent of Gafuta reside; 63 percent reside in Southern Africa and 63 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 10,835,541. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 80 percent reside and North West, where 20 percent reside. Aside from South Africa it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 25 percent reside and The United States, where 13 percent reside.

Gafuta Last Name Statistics demography

Gafuta earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 46.09% less than the national average, earning R 128,100 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Afuta91109/
Gafita83928/
Hafuta8363/
Afutai8310/
Affuta838/
Afouta835/
Ahfuta835/
Afusta833/
Afutau831/
Gafute831/
Gafuti831/
Gafuto831/
Ngafute771/
Hafouta771/
Afuta'a771/
Gaffita771/
Gafoute771/
Aufusta771/
Afota73116/
Ofuta7371/
Afuto7312/
Ghafouti711/
Gofita6757/
Hafuto6742/
Afauto6715/
Hafota6711/
Gafoto674/
Ofutaa672/
Afoota672/
Offuta671/
Opfuta671/
Ofutta671/
Afutoh671/
Afotay671/

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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
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  • 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 Gafuta
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