Imfa Surname
Approximately 148 people bear this surname
Imfa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| Niger | 10 | 1:1,919,202 | 37,248 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Imfa (40) may also be a first name.
Imfa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Imfa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Imfa has its highest incidence in Malawi. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Imfa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,447,279th most commonly occurring family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 49,240,175 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Imfa reside; 90 percent reside in Southern Africa and 90 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,614,485th most commonly used first name world-wide It is held by 40 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is borne by 131 people, or 1 in 130,680. Besides Malawi it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 7 percent reside and India, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Imfat | 89 | 14 | / |
| Ismfa | 89 | 1 | / |
| Eimfa | 89 | 1 | / |
| Imfas | 89 | 1 | / |
| Imfaah | 80 | 6 | / |
| Yimfai | 80 | 5 | / |
| Infa | 75 | 627 | / |
| Umfa | 75 | 16 | / |
| Imfo | 75 | 5 | / |
| Imfe | 75 | 4 | / |
| Imfi | 75 | 2 | / |
| Emfa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Infas | 67 | 913 | / |
| Infaz | 67 | 446 | / |
| Ienfa | 67 | 135 | / |
| Emfat | 67 | 44 | / |
| Infad | 67 | 21 | / |
| Emfah | 67 | 16 | / |
| Jinfa | 67 | 13 | / |
| Yinfa | 67 | 8 | / |
| Infat | 67 | 8 | / |
| Impha | 67 | 5 | / |
| Infai | 67 | 5 | / |
| Hinfa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ionfa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Himfy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Infea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Inffa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Imnfy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Infay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Imfie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Emfas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yimfo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hemfa | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Imfa
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