Mafimba Surname
Approximately 466 people bear this surname
Mafimba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 268 | 1:197,543 | 16,901 |
| Congo | 142 | 1:35,134 | 3,431 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Mafimba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mafimba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mafimba occurs most in Tanzania. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mafimba? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mafimba is the 649,026th most widely held last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 15,638,511 people. Mafimba is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mafimba live; 58 percent live in East Africa and 58 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most common in Tanzania, where it is held by 268 people, or 1 in 197,543. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Morogoro Region, where 56 percent reside, Mbeya Region, where 24 percent reside and Iringa Region, where 15 percent reside. Barring Tanzania this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The Congo, where 30 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 12 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mapfimba | 93 | 2 | / |
| Mafumba | 86 | 2,531 | / |
| Mafemba | 86 | 406 | / |
| Mafimbo | 86 | 103 | / |
| Mefimba | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mapfumba | 80 | 183 | / |
| Maphimba | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mafumbo | 71 | 273 | / |
| Mafembe | 71 | 130 | / |
| Mafembo | 71 | 5 | / |
| Mefumba | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mofumba | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mofemba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mafinbe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mafembi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Maphumba | 67 | 75 | / |
| Maphemba | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mafinbeu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mafembie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mapfumbo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mofembe | 57 | 23 | / |
| Mefembou | 53 | 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 Mafimba
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