Mtafu Surname
Approximately 172 people bear this surname
Mtafu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 157 | 1:109,039 | 12,664 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
Mtafu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mtafu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mtafu is more frequently found in Malawi than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mtafu? popularity and diffusion
Mtafu is the 1,310,135th most numerous family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 42,369,453 people. The last name Mtafu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mtafu reside; 97 percent reside in Southern Africa and 97 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is held by 157 people, or 1 in 109,039. Not including Malawi it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 5 percent are found and Tanzania, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Mtafu
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