Mfikilwa Surname

904,049th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 295 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mfikilwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mfikilwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania2941:180,07415,674
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Mfikilwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mfikilwa is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mfikilwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mfikilwa is the 904,049th most commonly held last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 24,703,545 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mfikilwa reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

The last name is most common in Tanzania, where it is held by 294 people, or 1 in 180,074. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Pwani Region, where 43 percent reside, Tanga Region, where 36 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 19 percent reside. Excluding Tanzania Mfikilwa occurs in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, 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 Mfikilwa
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