Mufuli Surname

1,181,191st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 201 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Zambia

Mufuli Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mufuli Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1591:1,114,10545,936
Zambia411:386,58319,508
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Mufuli (2,882) may also be a first name.

Mufuli Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mufuli is found most in Nigeria. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mufuli? popularity and diffusion

The last name Mufuli is the 1,181,191st most widely held surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 36,256,447 people. The last name Mufuli is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mufuli live; 79 percent live in West Africa and 79 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Mufuli is also the 135,422nd most frequently used first name at a global level. It is borne by 2,882 people.

The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 159 people, or 1 in 1,114,105. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Oyo, where 39 percent are found, Lagos, where 33 percent are found and Ogun, where 15 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 20 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mufulia922/
Mufulai921/
Mufulih921/
Moufouli861/
Mufula831,305/
Mufule838/
Mufili837/
Mufuila77294/
Mufuele7748/
Mufuile7734/
Muphuli771/
Mufilih771/
Mufulle771/
Muffula771/
Moufoula711/
Mutfuler711/
Mufile6741/
Mufola6727/
Mifili671/
Mufilay621/
Moufole621/
Moephuli5766/
Mouphili571/

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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 Mufuli
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