Mfumo Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Swaziland

Mfumo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mfumo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa151:3,611,847123,156
Tanzania71:7,563,08870,659
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718

Mfumo (25) may also be a first name.

Mfumo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mfumo is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mfumo? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,882,373rd most frequent last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mfumo live; 62 percent live in Southern Africa and 62 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most commonly occurring first name world-wide, borne by 25 people.

The surname Mfumo is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 3,611,847. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Gauteng, where 73 percent reside, KwaZulu-Natal, where 20 percent reside and Mpumalanga, where 7 percent reside. Excluding South Africa this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 27 percent reside and Cameroon, where 4 percent reside.

Mfumo Last Name Statistics demography

Mfumo earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 32.51% less than the national average, earning R 160,380 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mpfumo915,582/
Mfuemo9162/
Mfoumo912/
Mfoumou833,342/
M'Pfumo831/
Mfomo801,414/
Mfuma80355/
Mfimo801/
M'Foumou771/
Mpfoumou771/
Mfomou73147/
Mfuema7334/
Mphumo7310/
Mfomoh7310/
Mfouma736/
Mpfuma732/
Nfoumo732/
Nfumoa731/
Mfumah731/
Mffomo731/
Nfoumou6751/
Mpfouma672/
Mpfumau671/
M'Fommou621/
Mphumuoa621/
Nfomo6039/
Mfima6034/
Mfoma6027/
Nfuma6011/
Mphuma55323/
Nfomou5537/
Mphomo552/
Nfumah551/
Nfuema551/
Nfouma551/
Mphimo551/
N'Fomou501/

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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 Mfumo
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