Mofua Surname

1,765,740th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 108 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Mofua Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mofua Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo751:985,06164,020
Papua New Guinea211:388,27250,829
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
Cameroon51:4,153,814129,697

Mofua Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mofua is carried by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mofua? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mofua is the 1,765,740th most commonly held last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 67,477,277 people. The surname Mofua is predominantly found in Africa, where 81 percent of Mofua live; 74 percent live in Central Africa and 74 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

The last name Mofua is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is held by 75 people, or 1 in 985,061. Outside of The DR Congo this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 19 percent are found and South Africa, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mofuoa91116/
Mofuayi8335/
Mafua80515/
Mobua80158/
Mofwa8062/
Mefua8019/
Movua802/
Mofuo801/
Moufouha771/
Mohdfuad771/
Mafuoa7310/
Mouvva737/
Mafuad735/
Muifua734/
Mgafua734/
Moubba732/
Meufua731/
Mobwua731/
Mobhua731/
Masfuat6746/
Masfuad6714/
Mahfuah679/
Muipfua674/
Mafouha671/
Mafuaha671/
Mashfua671/
Mavouha671/

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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 Mofua
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