Mfaki Surname

442,751st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 772 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mfaki Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mfaki Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania5301:99,8909,826
Kenya2231:207,08514,906
Iraq161:2,188,85319,343
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147

Mfaki (103) may also be a first name.

Mfaki Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mfaki is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mfaki? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mfaki is the 442,751st most common surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 9,439,826 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Mfaki live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Mfaki is also the 930,172nd most common given name throughout the world, held by 103 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is held by 530 people, or 1 in 99,890. In Tanzania Mfaki is primarily concentrated in: Dodoma Region, where 52 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 31 percent are found and Tanga Region, where 14 percent are found. Without taking into account Tanzania this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 29 percent are found and Iraq, where 2 percent are found.

Mfaki Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Mfaki surname is primarily Muslim (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mfaaki911/
Nfaki80110/
Mfaka8040/
Mfeki8022/
Mfake801/
Mphaki731,288/
Nfaaki7362/
Mpfeki7310/
Mfaike734/
Nfakii732/
Nfakui731/
Nfakyi731/
Nfakhi731/
'Mphaki673/
Mfakeer671/
Mfakker671/
Mphakie671/

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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 Mfaki
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