Mafusa Surname
Approximately 298 people bear this surname
Mafusa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 189 | 1:81,684 | 11,934 |
| Kenya | 105 | 1:439,809 | 23,523 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mafusa (30) may also be a first name.
Mafusa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mafusa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mafusa (Marathi: मफुसा) is found most frequently in Zimbabwe. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Mafusa.
How Common Is The Last Name Mafusa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mafusa is the 897,852nd most commonly used surname globally, held by around 1 in 24,454,852 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mafusa reside; 64 percent reside in Southern Africa and 64 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,911,214th most commonly used first name worldwide. It is borne by 30 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 189 people, or 1 in 81,684. In Zimbabwe it is primarily concentrated in: Midlands Province, where 62 percent are found, Mashonaland West Province, where 12 percent are found and Masvingo Province, where 11 percent are found. Excluding Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 35 percent are found and Brazil, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mafusa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mafusa in the Marathi language | ||
| मफुसा | maphusa | - |
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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 Mafusa
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