Mafungu Surname
Approximately 522 people bear this surname
Mafungu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 458 | 1:161,309 | 16,675 |
| Tanzania | 59 | 1:897,315 | 44,154 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Mafungu (12) may also be a first name.
Mafungu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mafungu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mafungu is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of Mafungu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mafungu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 596,518th most commonly held last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 13,960,816 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mafungu reside; 88 percent reside in Central Africa and 88 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Mafungu is also the 3,306,491st most commonly used first name internationally It is held by 12 people.
This last name is most common in The DR Congo, where it is held by 458 people, or 1 in 161,309. Excluding The DR Congo it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 11 percent reside and Kenya, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mapfungu | 93 | 27 | / |
| Mafhungu | 93 | 4 | / |
| Mafunu | 92 | 119 | / |
| Mafugu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mafoungou | 88 | 3 | / |
| Maifugu | 86 | 22 | / |
| Maphungu | 80 | 253 | / |
| Mafongou | 80 | 64 | / |
| Mafounou | 80 | 2 | / |
| Mahvungu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mafougou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mafogu | 77 | 6 | / |
| Madfougou | 75 | 3 | / |
| Moufoungou | 71 | 5 | / |
| Mofaunu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Maphunu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Maffeugueu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mafonu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Mafogou | 57 | 15 | / |
| Mafonou | 57 | 1 | / |
| Maffonou | 53 | 3 | / |
| Mafogouh | 53 | 1 | / |
| Mafoghou | 53 | 1 | / |
| Maffogou | 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
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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 Mafungu
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