Mafunde Surname
Approximately 784 people bear this surname
Mafunde Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 423 | 1:125,157 | 11,807 |
| Zimbabwe | 346 | 1:44,619 | 6,864 |
| Zambia | 8 | 1:1,981,240 | 32,669 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Mafunde Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mafunde Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mafunde occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mafunde? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 437,497th most widely held family name in the world, held by around 1 in 9,295,339 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mafunde live; 54 percent live in East Africa and 54 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 423 people, or 1 in 125,157. In Tanzania Mafunde is primarily concentrated in: Singida Region, where 39 percent live, Dodoma Region, where 30 percent live and Morogoro Region, where 26 percent live. Besides Tanzania it is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 44 percent live and Zambia, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mapfunde | 93 | 1,219 | / |
| Mapfundet | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mafunda | 86 | 5,103 | / |
| Mafundi | 86 | 310 | / |
| Mafonde | 86 | 7 | / |
| Mapfunda | 80 | 23 | / |
| Mafounda | 80 | 19 | / |
| Mahfundi | 80 | 17 | / |
| Mofounde | 80 | 14 | / |
| Mahfundy | 80 | 7 | / |
| Mafunnda | 80 | 3 | / |
| Mapfundi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mazfumder | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mafondi | 71 | 14 | / |
| Mofonde | 71 | 3 | / |
| Mafonda | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mofunda | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mefundi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Maifonda | 67 | 5 | / |
| Maphunda | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mofundis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maphundi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maffonda | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maphonde | 67 | 1 | / |
| Moufounda | 63 | 70 | / |
| Mouffounda | 59 | 3 | / |
| Mofonda | 57 | 1 | / |
| Maphonda | 53 | 335 | / |
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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 Mafunde
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