Mafunza Surname
Approximately 210 people bear this surname
Mafunza Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 202 | 1:262,087 | 20,938 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Mafunza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mafunza Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mafunza is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Mafunza click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mafunza? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,144,405th most frequently used surname globally, borne by around 1 in 34,702,600 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mafunza live; 96 percent live in East Africa and 96 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is held by 202 people, or 1 in 262,087. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Geita Region, where 100 percent reside. Outside of Tanzania this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 2 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mafundza | 93 | 13 | / |
| Mafunzi | 86 | 74 | / |
| Mafunxa | 86 | 25 | / |
| Mafunze | 86 | 22 | / |
| Mafunca | 86 | 5 | / |
| Mafunsa | 86 | 5 | / |
| Mafunzo | 86 | 4 | / |
| Mefunza | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mafunja | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mefeunza | 80 | 19 | / |
| Mafunsau | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mafuntja | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mafounzo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mapfunja | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mafhunzhe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mafunge | 71 | 86 | / |
| Mafunjo | 71 | 31 | / |
| Mafunji | 71 | 21 | / |
| Mafunje | 71 | 9 | / |
| Mafunso | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mafungi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mafonzi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mafonzo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Masfungi | 67 | 5 | / |
| Mafontsa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Maphunzi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mafundji | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mafunchi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Moupfoundza | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maphunsa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mafonso | 57 | 5 | / |
| Mafonsi | 57 | 1 | / |
| Maphunge | 53 | 2 | / |
| Maafonso | 53 | 1 | / |
| Mafumdjo | 53 | 1 | / |
| Mafeutinchui | 53 | 1 | / |
| Mafoumdjo | 50 | 3 | / |
| Mafontsho | 50 | 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 Mafunza
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