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 occurs most in Zimbabwe. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Muchafa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 458,119th most frequently used family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 9,874,723 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Muchafa live; 87 percent live in Southern Africa and 87 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 584,346th most commonly occurring first name worldwide It is held by 235 people.
This last name is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 637 people, or 1 in 24,236. In Zimbabwe it is most prevalent in: Manicaland Province, where 36 percent reside, Masvingo Province, where 35 percent reside and Harare Province, where 17 percent reside. Apart from Zimbabwe Muchafa exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 13 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.
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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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