Mufetu Surname

3,017,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Mufetu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Mufetu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe401:385,95635,257
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613

Mufetu Last Name Facts

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

Mufetu is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Mufetu.

How Common Is The Last Name Mufetu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,017,195th most common surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. Mufetu occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mufetu are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 40 people, or 1 in 385,956. In Zimbabwe Mufetu is most prevalent in: Harare Province, where 53 percent live, Manicaland Province, where 43 percent live and Mashonaland Central Province, where 3 percent live. Besides Zimbabwe this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mufetau921/
Mifetu831,603/
Mufatu8312/
Mufotu831/
Mufitau7745/
Mufatau7743/
Mifetou7712/
Muifatu772/
Mufaatu771/
Muphitau571/

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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 Mufetu
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