Mufua Surname
Approximately 527 people bear this surname
Mufua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 417 | 1:49,806 | 6,523 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Papua New Guinea | 34 | 1:239,815 | 32,925 |
| Angola | 9 | 1:2,998,802 | 4,903 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
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 surname Mufua is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of Mufua click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mufua? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mufua is the 591,720th most frequently occurring family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 13,828,360 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Mufua reside; 91 percent reside in Central Africa and 91 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Mufua is also the 1,994,417th most commonly held first name internationally, held by 28 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 417 people, or 1 in 49,806. In Cameroon Mufua is most frequent in: Northwest Region, where 71 percent reside, Southwest Region, where 19 percent reside and Centre Region, where 6 percent reside. Barring Cameroon Mufua exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 12 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muifua | 91 | 4 | / |
| Mufuat | 91 | 3 | / |
| Mufuah | 91 | 2 | / |
| Meufua | 91 | 1 | / |
| Mufuha | 91 | 1 | / |
| Mufuay | 91 | 1 | / |
| Mufuayi | 83 | 4 | / |
| Muipfua | 83 | 4 | / |
| Mufuhau | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mufuhat | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mufwa | 80 | 178 | / |
| Mubua | 80 | 71 | / |
| Muvua | 80 | 48 | / |
| Mifua | 80 | 10 | / |
| Mufuo | 80 | 2 | / |
| Moufouha | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mufway | 73 | 21 | / |
| Muhfuo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mufwat | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mupfwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Muuvva | 73 | 1 | / |
| Muubva | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mubuayi | 67 | 34 | / |
| Muiphua | 67 | 27 | / |
| Muvuayi | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Mufua
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