Mudafa Surname

2,312,869th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 68 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Mudafa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mudafa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria661:2,683,98186,518
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Mudafa (67) may also be a first name.

Mudafa Last Name Facts

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

Mudafa (Marathi: मुदाफा) is found most in Nigeria. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mudafa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,312,869th most widely held surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 107,169,793 people. The last name Mudafa occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mudafa are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Mudafa is also the 1,191,548th most frequent first name worldwide, held by 67 people.

It is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 66 people, or 1 in 2,683,981. In Nigeria Mudafa is primarily concentrated in: Sokoto, where 44 percent live, Kano, where 29 percent live and Zamfara, where 24 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 1 percent live and Uganda, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Muddafa92804/
Musdafa92297/
Moudafa9221/
Mudaifa9214/
Mudafaz921/
Mudafau921/
Mudhafa921/
Mudaffa921/
Mudaifah8628/
Mudhaifa8612/
Mousdafa862/
Musdhafa862/
Muddafha861/
Mudafi8316/
Modafa831/
Mudafe831/
Mudhaifah8016/
Moudhayfa801/
Mudavfath801/
Moudafi77415/
Mudafit7752/
Mudhofa7715/
Mudofah779/
Mudavah771/
Motdafa771/
Mudhofah7150/
Musdapha7129/
Mudhaifi7119/
Mudhofat717/
Moudapha716/
Mudaffer714/
Muddapha712/
Mudaifer711/
Moudafii711/
Mudefo6734/
Mudofi6730/
Mudhaffer678/
Mudhoifah676/
Modafe673/
Modafi671/
Mousdapha671/

Mudafa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Mudafa in the Marathi language
मुदाफाmudapha-

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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 Mudafa
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