Mbafana Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Mbafana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mbafana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mbafana Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mbafana is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mbafana? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,772,636th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mbafana reside; 59 percent reside in West Africa and 59 percent reside in Chadic Africa.
Mbafana is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 2,076,907. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Far North Region, where 100 percent reside. Barring Cameroon this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 24 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 12 percent reside.
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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 Mbafana
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