Mufukwa Surname

1,082,743rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 228 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Mufukwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mufukwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe2011:76,80711,322
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818

Mufukwa Last Name Facts

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

Mufukwa is found most frequently in Zimbabwe. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Mufukwa.

How Common Is The Last Name Mufukwa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Mufukwa is the 1,082,743rd most frequent surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 31,962,921 people. The surname Mufukwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mufukwa are found; 88 percent are found in Southern Africa and 88 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 201 people, or 1 in 76,807. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Manicaland Province, where 46 percent reside, Harare Province, where 29 percent reside and Mashonaland Central Province, where 11 percent reside. Apart from Zimbabwe this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 12 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mupfukwa9325/
Mufukwi861/
Mupfugwa801/
Mupfuugwa751/
Mufucua711/
Mifikwa711/
Mufungwe67321/
Mupfigwa6710/
Muphikwa671/
Mufuqui579/
Mufuque571/

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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 Mufukwa
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