Mufua Surname

591,720th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 527 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Mufua Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mufua Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon4171:49,8066,523
DR Congo621:1,191,60673,277
Papua New Guinea341:239,81532,925
Angola91:2,998,8024,903
Uganda41:9,759,820144,676
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742

Mufua (28) may also be a first name.

Mufua Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mufua is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mufua? popularity and diffusion

Mufua is the 591,720th most widely held last name in the world, held by around 1 in 13,828,360 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Mufua live; 91 percent live in Central Africa and 91 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Mufua is also the 1,994,417th most widely held given name internationally. It is borne by 28 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 417 people, or 1 in 49,806. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Northwest Region, where 71 percent reside, Southwest Region, where 19 percent reside and Centre Region, where 6 percent reside. Besides Cameroon this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 12 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Muifua914/
Mufuat913/
Mufuah912/
Meufua911/
Mufuha911/
Mufuay911/
Mufuayi834/
Muipfua834/
Mufuhau831/
Mufuhat831/
Mufwa80178/
Mubua8071/
Muvua8048/
Mifua8010/
Mufuo802/
Moufouha771/
Mufway7321/
Muhfuo731/
Mufwat731/
Mupfwa731/
Muuvva731/
Muubva731/
Mubuayi6734/
Muiphua6727/
Muvuayi671/

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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 Mufua
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