Mubofu Surname

1,484,726th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 142 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mubofu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mubofu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1401:378,15427,501
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Mubofu Last Name Facts

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

Mubofu occurs most in Tanzania. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Mubofu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mubofu? popularity and diffusion

Mubofu is the 1,484,726th most frequently held family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 51,320,746 people. The last name Mubofu is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mubofu live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

This surname is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is held by 140 people, or 1 in 378,154. In Tanzania Mubofu is most numerous in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 89 percent are found, Pwani Region, where 3 percent are found and Ruvuma Region, where 3 percent are found. Other than Tanzania this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 1 percent are found and Uganda, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mbofu9192/
Mubfu9119/
Mupofu83168/
Muwofu8331/
Mubafu838/
Mabofu834/
Mubefu832/
Mbofou831/
Mbofeu831/
Mbof802/
Mboufou7713/
Mboufeu7712/
Mbofouo771/
Mabhofu771/
Mpofu73135,346/
Mbovu732,068/
Mbafu731,012/
Mbufu73116/
Mbefu7329/
Mbofa7321/
Mbofe7312/
Mpufu737/
Mubvu737/
Mabfu733/
Mbifu732/
Mubif732/
Mbfuh731/
Mbofi731/
Mbofo731/
Mubov731/
Mwaibofu71104/
Mpouofou712/
Mboufoui712/
Maupfu67163/
Mabovu67134/
Mupafu67134/
Mupofi67110/
Mubifi67109/
Mabefu6787/
Muwafu6787/
Mabofe6780/
Mbf6770/
Mbwafu6770/
Mabafu6721/
Mebouf6721/
Mbiafu6718/
Mboufe6713/
Mupefu679/
Mabufu678/
Mupfui677/
Mapofu676/
Mabofo675/
M'Bouafou675/
Mboufo674/
Mabifu674/
Mbhefu673/
Mpoofu672/
Mpofuu672/
Mopofu672/
M'Pofu672/
Mbaffu671/
Mpuffu671/
Mboffe671/
Mibofa671/
Mpoffu671/
Mpoifu671/
Mppofu671/
Mupofa671/
Mbafue671/
Mbaufu671/
Mbfuwo671/
Mbouafoue671/
Mbouve671/
Mbouvi671/
Mbofai671/
Mbofeh671/
Mbofio671/
Mbofoh671/
Mbafua671/
Mbahfu671/
Mubevu671/
Muipfu671/
Mbovua671/
Muibov671/
Mpofui671/
Mumpafu621/
Muwaffu621/

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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 Mubofu
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