Malufa Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Malufa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Malufa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Malufa (31) may also be a first name.

Malufa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Malufa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Malufa (Hindi: मलुफा) occurs in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Malufa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,034,050th most frequent family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. The last name Malufa is predominantly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Malufa are found; 88 percent are found in Central Africa and 88 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Malufa is also the 1,874,099th most prevalent first name internationally. It is borne by 31 people.

This last name is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 3,518,075. Apart from The DR Congo Malufa is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Angola, where 4 percent are found and India, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Malufau9260/
Malufah9236/
Mahlufa9214/
Mailufa929/
Maloufa921/
Matlufah8610/
Masloufa863/
Maaloufa861/
Malifa83638/
Malufi8357/
Malufe8316/
Malufy831/
Maloufi7769/
Mahlufi7741/
Maulufi7717/
Maslufi7715/
Maluffi7713/
Maluffe777/
Maulifa773/
Malifah772/
Malufii771/
Moloufa771/
Maleufi771/
Malupha771/
Maloofa771/
Maalifa771/
Malufer771/
Maulifah7134/
Maalifah7112/
Mahludfi718/
Mahalifa717/
Maulutfi716/
Mouloufa712/
Maaloufi712/
Malutpha711/
Maaloufy711/
Maloufet711/
Mahloufi711/
Mahlupha711/
Molifa6771/
Malhloufi671/

Malufa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Malufa in the Hindi language
मलुफाmalupha-

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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 Malufa
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