Mfanyakazi Surname

1,239,697th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 187 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mfanyakazi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Mfanyakazi Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1861:284,63222,243
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Mfanyakazi Last Name Facts

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

Mfanyakazi occurs most in Tanzania. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mfanyakazi? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mfanyakazi is the 1,239,697th most widely held family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 38,970,834 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mfanyakazi reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

The surname is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is held by 186 people, or 1 in 284,632. In Tanzania Mfanyakazi is mostly concentrated in: Morogoro Region, where 90 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 2 percent reside and Kilimanjaro Region, where 2 percent reside. Outside of Tanzania this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mufanyakazi951/
Mfanyikazi905/
Mfanakaziwa862/

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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 Mfanyakazi
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