Mfiri Surname
Approximately 157 people bear this surname
Mfiri Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 133 | 1:116,077 | 15,782 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Mfiri Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mfiri Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mfiri is carried by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mfiri? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,391,595th most frequent last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 46,417,490 people. The last name Mfiri occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mfiri reside; 86 percent reside in Southern Africa and 86 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 133 people, or 1 in 116,077. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Midlands Province, where 57 percent live, Harare Province, where 19 percent live and Masvingo Province, where 14 percent live. Outside of Zimbabwe this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 13 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.
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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 Mfiri
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