Mufungu Surname
Approximately 614 people bear this surname
Mufungu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 534 | 1:138,351 | 14,711 |
| Zambia | 79 | 1:200,632 | 13,107 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Mufungu (55) may also be a first name.
Mufungu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mufungu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mufungu has its highest incidence in The DR Congo. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mufungu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mufungu is the 527,543rd most widely held last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 11,868,967 people. The surname Mufungu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mufungu reside; 87 percent reside in Central Africa and 87 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Mufungu is also the 1,336,256th most prevalent first name internationally, held by 55 people.
The last name Mufungu is most common in The DR Congo, where it is held by 534 people, or 1 in 138,351. Excluding The DR Congo this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 13 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Mufungu
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