Malufya Surname
Approximately 377 people bear this surname
Malufya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 312 | 1:50,801 | 4,770 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
Malufya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malufya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Malufya is held by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Malufya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 758,524th most commonly held family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 19,330,361 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Malufya live; 83 percent live in Southern Africa and 83 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently used in Zambia, where it is carried by 312 people, or 1 in 50,801. In Zambia Malufya is most numerous in: North-Western Province, where 47 percent live, Copperbelt Province, where 23 percent live and Northern Province, where 21 percent live. Barring Zambia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 15 percent live and Tanzania, where 3 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 Malufya
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