Minofu Surname

441,818th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 774 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Minofu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Minofu 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
Malawi7581:22,5853,433
Tanzania101:5,294,16157,086
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736

Minofu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Minofu is borne by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Minofu? popularity and diffusion

The last name Minofu is the 441,818th most frequently held surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 9,415,434 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Minofu are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most numerous in Malawi, where it is borne by 758 people, or 1 in 22,585. Besides Malawi it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 1 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.

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
Minoufou861/
Munofu834/
Munopfu771/
Munafu67123/
Munefu671/
Menefu670/
Menafu670/
Munepfu626/
Munaafu622/
Menafhu621/
Megnafou571/
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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 Minofu
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