Muchafa Surname
Approximately 738 people bear this surname
Muchafa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 637 | 1:24,236 | 3,664 |
| Kenya | 97 | 1:476,081 | 24,779 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
Muchafa (235) may also be a first name.
Muchafa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Muchafa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Muchafa has its highest incidence in Zimbabwe. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Muchafa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Muchafa is the 458,119th most commonly occurring family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 9,874,723 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Muchafa reside; 87 percent reside in Southern Africa and 87 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Muchafa is also the 584,346th most commonly occurring first name at a global level It is held by 235 people.
Muchafa is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 637 people, or 1 in 24,236. In Zimbabwe Muchafa is most frequent in: Manicaland Province, where 36 percent live, Masvingo Province, where 35 percent live and Harare Province, where 17 percent live. Aside from Zimbabwe it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 13 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.
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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 Muchafa
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