Mfulu Surname

207,755th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,992 people bear this surname

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

Mfulu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mfulu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1,7381:42,5085,191
Tanzania2321:228,19718,918
Belgium111:1,045,14978,166
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
England11:55,718,059489,080
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Mfulu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mfulu occurs most in The DR Congo. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mfulu? popularity and diffusion

Mfulu is the 207,755th most common surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 3,658,407 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mfulu live; 87 percent live in Central Africa and 87 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is held by 1,738 people, or 1 in 42,508. Apart from The DR Congo this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 12 percent reside and Belgium, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mfuilu91575/
M'Fulu911/
Mfoulou831,159/
M'Fuilu8321/
Mfilu80186/
Nfulu8049/
Mfoulouh771/
Mfoullou771/
Mphulu7312/
Nfuilu734/
M'Filu731/
Mfihlu731/
Mfoluh731/
Nfoulou675/
Mphuhlu671/
N'Fuilu671/
Nfilu601/
Nphulu551/
Mfolou551/
Mfilou551/
M'Filou501/

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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 Mfulu
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