Mafuba Surname
Approximately 277 people bear this surname
Mafuba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 199 | 1:77,579 | 11,409 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| England | 22 | 1:2,532,639 | 91,802 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Mafuba (10) may also be a first name.
Mafuba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mafuba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mafuba (Bengali: মাফুবা, Hindi: मफुबा) is more commonly found in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mafuba? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 945,594th most widespread last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 26,308,830 people. The surname Mafuba occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Mafuba reside; 74 percent reside in Southern Africa and 74 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Mafuba is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly used first name world-wide, held by 10 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 199 people, or 1 in 77,579. In Zimbabwe Mafuba is most numerous in: Masvingo Province, where 69 percent live, Harare Province, where 11 percent live and Bulawayo Province, where 8 percent live. Beside Zimbabwe it exists in 8 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 15 percent live and England, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mafouba | 92 | 9 | / |
| Mafubga | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mafueba | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mafuwa | 83 | 1,202 | / |
| Mafuva | 83 | 741 | / |
| Mafiba | 83 | 157 | / |
| Mafube | 83 | 137 | / |
| Mafubo | 83 | 74 | / |
| Mafoba | 83 | 16 | / |
| Mafubi | 83 | 5 | / |
| Mofuba | 83 | 2 | / |
| Mapfuwa | 77 | 686 | / |
| Mapfuva | 77 | 78 | / |
| Mafhuwa | 77 | 52 | / |
| Mafuvha | 77 | 37 | / |
| Mafuswa | 77 | 6 | / |
| Mefouba | 77 | 4 | / |
| Mafumpa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mafeuwa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mafobah | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mafeubi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mafoube | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mafoubi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mafuvah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Maifouwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mapfuhwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mapfouwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mefoubah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Moufouba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mofube | 67 | 404 | / |
| Mafuve | 67 | 55 | / |
| Mafobo | 67 | 26 | / |
| Mafuwo | 67 | 14 | / |
| Mafuvo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Mofuwa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mafobi | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mafibo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mafuvi | 67 | 1 | / |
Mafuba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mafuba in the Bengali language | ||
| মাফুবা | maphuba | - |
| Mafuba in the Hindi language | ||
| मफुबा | maphuba | - |
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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 Mafuba
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