Mchafu Surname
Approximately 464 people bear this surname
Mchafu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 459 | 1:115,341 | 11,071 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Mchafu (16) may also be a first name.
Mchafu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mchafu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mchafu occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mchafu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mchafu is the 651,048th most frequently held surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 15,705,918 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mchafu reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most commonly occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 16 people.
The last name is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 459 people, or 1 in 115,341. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Tabora Region, where 47 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 27 percent reside and Mbeya Region, where 20 percent reside. Excluding Tanzania this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 0 percent reside and South Africa, where 0 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 Mchafu
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