Mlefu Surname
Approximately 149 people bear this surname
Mlefu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 129 | 1:410,400 | 28,884 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| Kenya | 7 | 1:6,597,129 | 51,431 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Mlefu (69) may also be a first name.
Mlefu Demographics
Mlefu Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mlefu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mlefu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mlefu is found most in Tanzania. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mlefu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,441,361st most widespread last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 48,909,704 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mlefu reside; 91 percent reside in East Africa and 91 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Mlefu is also the 1,171,416th most frequent first name internationally, held by 69 people.
The last name Mlefu is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 129 people, or 1 in 410,400. In Tanzania Mlefu is mostly found in: Kigoma Region, where 93 percent are found, Geita Region, where 3 percent are found and Morogoro Region, where 3 percent are found. Outside of Tanzania Mlefu exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 7 percent are found and Kenya, where 5 percent are found.
Mlefu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Mlefu
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