Mafwamba Surname
Approximately 466 people bear this surname
Mafwamba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 329 | 1:160,917 | 14,365 |
| DR Congo | 137 | 1:539,267 | 42,095 |
Mafwamba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mafwamba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mafwamba is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Mafwamba click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mafwamba? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 649,026th most widely held surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 15,638,511 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mafwamba reside; 71 percent reside in East Africa and 71 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 329 people, or 1 in 160,917. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Kigoma Region, where 100 percent live. Outside of Tanzania Mafwamba exists in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 29 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 Mafwamba
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