Mufuwa Surname
Approximately 175 people bear this surname
Mufuwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 166 | 1:235,176 | 17,864 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Mufuwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mufuwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mufuwa is held by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mufuwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,295,379th most widely held last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 41,643,120 people. Mufuwa is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mufuwa reside; 95 percent reside in East Africa and 95 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Mufuwa is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is carried by 166 people, or 1 in 235,176. In Uganda it is most frequent in: Luuka District, where 24 percent live, Kamuli District, where 19 percent live and Buyende District, where 18 percent live. Without taking into account Uganda this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 4 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mupfuwa | 92 | 58 | / |
| Mufuswa | 92 | 15 | / |
| Mufuuwa | 92 | 11 | / |
| Mufuwah | 92 | 11 | / |
| Mupfuiwa | 86 | 7 | / |
| Mufuba | 83 | 172 | / |
| Mufuwe | 83 | 3 | / |
| Mufiwa | 83 | 2 | / |
| Mupfushwa | 80 | 2 | / |
| Muphuwa | 77 | 368 | / |
| Mupfuwi | 77 | 19 | / |
| Mufubau | 77 | 4 | / |
| Mupfuva | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mupfiwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Moufouba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mufowo | 67 | 82 | / |
| Mufube | 67 | 63 | / |
| Mufubi | 67 | 41 | / |
| Mufuvi | 67 | 6 | / |
| Mufiwoh | 62 | 10 | / |
| Mufuubi | 62 | 2 | / |
| Mufieva | 62 | 1 | / |
| Muphuba | 62 | 1 | / |
| Mupfuvi | 62 | 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 Mufuwa
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