Mfulani Surname

1,163,787th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 205 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Mfulani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Mfulani 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
DR Congo1981:373,12932,235
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mfulani Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mfulani is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mfulani? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,163,787th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 35,549,004 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mfulani live; 97 percent live in Central Africa and 97 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

The last name Mfulani is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 198 people, or 1 in 373,129. Without taking into account The DR Congo this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 2 percent live and France, where 0 percent live.

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
Mfoulani9355/
Mfulangi934/
Mfuhlani931/
Mfulana86261/
Mfulane861/
Mfuhlane801/
Mfolane711/
Mphulane6753/
Mpfolane671/
Mphulana671/
Mphutlane631,240/
Mpheulane63171/
Mphulayna631/
Mphuhlana631/
'Mphutlane593/
Mphutlhane592/
Mfoloune531/
Mpholane531/
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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 Mfulani
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