Mufalo Surname
Approximately 1,542 people bear this surname
Mufalo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 1,420 | 1:11,162 | 1,289 |
| Brazil | 96 | 1:2,229,941 | 69,391 |
| Namibia | 20 | 1:120,470 | 9,225 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
The alternate forms: Múfalo (5) are calculated separately.
Mufalo (816) may also be a first name.
Mufalo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mufalo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mufalo occurs more in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Múfalo. For other possible spellings of Mufalo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mufalo? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 255,797th most frequent last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 4,726,035 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Mufalo are found; 93 percent are found in Southern Africa and 93 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Mufalo is also the 286,135th most widely held forename internationally, borne by 816 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Zambia, where it is borne by 1,420 people, or 1 in 11,162. In Zambia it is mostly found in: Western Province, where 63 percent reside, Lusaka Province, where 15 percent reside and Southern Province, where 12 percent reside. Beside Zambia this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 6 percent reside and Namibia, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Múfalo | 94 | 5 | / |
| Mufaalo | 92 | 26 | / |
| Muffalo | 92 | 5 | / |
| Mutfalo | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mufaulo | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mufolo | 83 | 1,207 | / |
| Mufala | 83 | 38 | / |
| Mufalia | 77 | 7 | / |
| Mufaila | 77 | 5 | / |
| Mufahla | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mufalla | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mufhala | 77 | 1 | / |
| Musfala | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mufgala | 77 | 1 | / |
| Muphahlo | 71 | 8 | / |
| Musfalia | 71 | 5 | / |
| Mufalaat | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mufola | 67 | 27 | / |
| Moufallah | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mufela | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mufuila | 62 | 294 | / |
| Mufohla | 62 | 1 | / |
| Hmufela | 62 | 1 | / |
| Mufeela | 62 | 1 | / |
| Mahuvala | 57 | 53 | / |
| Moufoula | 57 | 1 | / |
| Moufoulha | 53 | 1 | / |
| Mifela | 50 | 6 | / |
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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 Mufalo
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