Mrefu Surname
Approximately 1,525 people bear this surname
Mrefu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,430 | 1:37,022 | 4,286 |
| Kenya | 81 | 1:570,122 | 27,144 |
| Zimbabwe | 11 | 1:1,403,476 | 76,064 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mrefu (14) may also be a first name.
Mrefu Demographics
Mrefu Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mrefu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mrefu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mrefu is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Mrefu.
How Common Is The Last Name Mrefu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 258,090th most commonly held last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,778,719 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mrefu are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Mrefu is also the 3,024,661st most frequently used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 14 people.
The last name is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 1,430 people, or 1 in 37,022. In Tanzania Mrefu is mostly concentrated in: Kigoma Region, where 31 percent live, Geita Region, where 14 percent live and Kagera Region, where 12 percent live. Beside Tanzania this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 5 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent live.
Mrefu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Mrefu last name 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
- 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 Mrefu
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