Mafundu Surname
Approximately 658 people bear this surname
Mafundu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 334 | 1:46,222 | 7,101 |
| DR Congo | 308 | 1:239,869 | 23,092 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Mafundu (15) may also be a first name.
Mafundu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mafundu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mafundu occurs in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mafundu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mafundu is the 500,196th most frequently held last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 11,075,298 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mafundu live; 52 percent live in Southern Africa and 52 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most common first name throughout the world, borne by 15 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 334 people, or 1 in 46,222. In Zimbabwe Mafundu is mostly found in: Manicaland Province, where 54 percent are found, Harare Province, where 17 percent are found and Bulawayo Province, where 12 percent are found. Not including Zimbabwe this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 47 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Mafundu
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