Mafuvu Surname
Approximately 900 people bear this surname
Mafuvu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 896 | 1:82,455 | 9,492 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
Mafuvu (37) may also be a first name.
Mafuvu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mafuvu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mafuvu occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Mafuvu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mafuvu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 392,884th most common surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 8,097,273 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mafuvu are found; 100 percent are found in Central Africa and 100 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Mafuvu is also the 1,688,769th most commonly occurring first name internationally, borne by 37 people.
It is most common in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 896 people, or 1 in 82,455. Excluding The DR Congo this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 0 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Mafuvu
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