Mafupa Surname
Approximately 1,706 people bear this surname
Mafupa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 1,229 | 1:13,929 | 2,189 |
| DR Congo | 260 | 1:284,152 | 26,288 |
| Zambia | 138 | 1:114,855 | 8,864 |
| Zimbabwe | 40 | 1:385,956 | 35,257 |
| Tanzania | 20 | 1:2,647,081 | 48,780 |
| South Africa | 11 | 1:4,925,246 | 143,631 |
| Namibia | 4 | 1:602,350 | 12,421 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mafupa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mafupa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mafupa occurs more in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mafupa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mafupa is the 235,783rd most frequently held family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 4,271,715 people. Mafupa is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mafupa reside; 83 percent reside in Southern Africa and 83 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequent in Malawi, where it is carried by 1,229 people, or 1 in 13,929. Other than Malawi it exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 15 percent are found and Zambia, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mapfupa | 92 | 14 | / |
| Mafupah | 92 | 10 | / |
| Mafeupa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mapfupah | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mafuepah | 86 | 1 | / |
| Maffoupa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mafipa | 83 | 179 | / |
| Mafupe | 83 | 37 | / |
| Mofupa | 83 | 20 | / |
| Mafupi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Masfuhpah | 80 | 19 | / |
| Maphupa | 77 | 25 | / |
| Mafuphi | 77 | 6 | / |
| Mapfupi | 77 | 3 | / |
| Maphupha | 71 | 607 | / |
| Mofupi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maphauphau | 63 | 34 | / |
| Maphipa | 62 | 10 | / |
| Mofuphi | 62 | 1 | / |
| Maphuphe | 57 | 80 | / |
| Maphipha | 57 | 49 | / |
| Maphupho | 57 | 8 | / |
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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 Mafupa
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