Mfe Surname

607,405th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 510 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Mfe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mfe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2831:625,94629,673
Cameroon2011:103,32912,175
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mfe (423) may also be a first name.

Mfe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mfe is found most in Nigeria. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mfe? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 607,405th most commonly occurring surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 14,289,306 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mfe live; 56 percent live in West Africa and 55 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Mfe is also the 417,739th most commonly held first name world-wide It is held by 423 people.

The last name Mfe is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 283 people, or 1 in 625,946. In Nigeria Mfe is mostly concentrated in: Benue, where 97 percent live, Federal Capital Territory, where 2 percent live and Ekiti, where 0 percent live. Besides Nigeria Mfe occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 39 percent live and The DR Congo, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mfee8684/
Mfer8610/
Mfet868/
Mfez868/
Mfed864/
Mfeh864/
Hmfe861/
Mfej861/
Mfei861/
Mmfe861/
Mfge861/
Mfje861/
Mf80652/
Mfe'e7587/
Mfeez7512/
Mfett754/
Mfeys751/
Mmfeh751/
Mfeuh751/
Mfees751/
M'Fei751/
Mfa67955/
Mfi6786/
Mhf6769/
Mfs6733/
Mft6730/
Nfe6719/
Mfj6717/
Nmf6713/
Mfp6712/
Mfz6711/
Mmf679/
Mff677/
Mwf676/
Hmf675/
Mpf674/
Mfh674/
Mvf673/
Mfeedh672/
Mffett671/
Mfy671/

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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 Mfe
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