Mfalo Surname

694,796th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 425 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mfalo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mfalo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania4201:126,05111,865
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613

Mfalo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mfalo has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mfalo? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 694,796th most prevalent family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 17,147,167 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mfalo reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 420 people, or 1 in 126,051. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Njombe Region, where 96 percent reside, Iringa Region, where 2 percent reside and Morogoro Region, where 1 percent reside. Apart from Tanzania this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 1 percent reside and South Africa, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mfaloa9113/
Mfalloa831/
Mfolo801,325/
Mfala80657/
Mfelo803/
Nfalo802/
Mphalo731,675/
Mfalla7362/
Mfaleu7362/
Nfaloa733/
Mfollo732/
Mfolou731/
Nfallo731/
Mfahla731/
Mmfolo731/
Mfoulou671,159/
Mphallo6718/
Mfallah673/
Mfaladz671/
Mfalleu671/
Mphahlo671/

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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 Mfalo
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