Mafumbo Surname

956,400th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 273 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Mafumbo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mafumbo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya2121:217,83015,493
Uganda461:848,68039,357
Tanzania101:5,294,16157,086
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
England11:55,718,059489,080
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Mafumbo (111) may also be a first name.

Mafumbo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mafumbo is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mafumbo? popularity and diffusion

It is the 956,400th most frequently used surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 26,694,307 people. The last name Mafumbo is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mafumbo are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 84 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 890,531st most frequently occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 111 people.

This last name is most frequent in Kenya, where it is borne by 212 people, or 1 in 217,830. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Bungoma County, where 73 percent live, Trans Nzoia County, where 23 percent live and Kakamega County, where 4 percent live. Barring Kenya this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 17 percent live and Tanzania, where 4 percent live.

Mafumbo Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Matfumbo9321/
Mafoumbo931/
Mapfumbo931/
Mafoumbou881/
Mafumba862,531/
Mafimbo86103/
Mafombo861/
Mafoumba80510/
Mapfumba80183/
Mafombou801/
Maffombou751/
Mafimba71466/
Mafomba7115/
Mafunba713/
Mefumba712/
Mofumba712/
Mafoumbath711/
Mafumwa711/
Maphumba6775/
Mafumhwa678/
Mapfimba672/
Maphumuo671/
Mafounbath591/
Mafunwa571/
Mefimba571/
Mafonwa571/
Maphimba531/
Mafunhwa531/
Muiphumba501/

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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 Mafumbo
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