Mafurira Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Mafurira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 12 | 1:1,286,520 | 73,455 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mafurira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mafurira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mafurira occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Mafurira click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mafurira? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,772,636th most widely held last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name Mafurira is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Mafurira are found; 71 percent are found in Southern Africa and 71 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 1,286,520. In Zimbabwe it is primarily concentrated in: Manicaland Province, where 83 percent live, Harare Province, where 8 percent live and Midlands Province, where 8 percent live. Other than Zimbabwe it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 24 percent live and The United States, where 6 percent live.
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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 Mafurira
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