Mukafa Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Mukafa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 24 | 1:643,260 | 47,966 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
Mukafa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mukafa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mukafa is found most frequently in Zimbabwe. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mukafa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,882,373rd most commonly held family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Mukafa reside; 92 percent reside in Southern Africa and 92 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 24 people, or 1 in 643,260. In Zimbabwe it is mostly found in: Manicaland Province, where 42 percent live, Masvingo Province, where 25 percent live and Midlands Province, where 25 percent live. Excluding Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 4 percent live and Ethiopia, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mukaffa | 92 | 12 | / |
| Moukafa | 92 | 2 | / |
| Mukkafa | 92 | 2 | / |
| Mukafai | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mukafaah | 86 | 10 | / |
| Moukaffa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Moukafas | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mukafi | 83 | 140 | / |
| Mukofa | 83 | 35 | / |
| Mokafa | 83 | 25 | / |
| Mukefa | 83 | 4 | / |
| Mukafo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mukafe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mukhaifah | 80 | 1 | / |
| Moukafi | 77 | 137 | / |
| Mukaffi | 77 | 91 | / |
| Mukopfa | 77 | 85 | / |
| Mukhafi | 77 | 26 | / |
| Mukafii | 77 | 13 | / |
| Mukahfi | 77 | 9 | / |
| Mokafaa | 77 | 4 | / |
| Mukhofa | 77 | 4 | / |
| Moukafo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mukoffa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mukoofa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mukhefa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mokhafa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Muscafa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mikafah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Moukafih | 71 | 1,061 | / |
| Moukhafi | 71 | 410 | / |
| Moukafie | 71 | 143 | / |
| Moukkafi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mukhafhi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mokafo | 67 | 109 | / |
| Mokafi | 67 | 64 | / |
| Muqofa | 67 | 22 | / |
| Mokofa | 67 | 6 | / |
| Mukhaipha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mikofa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mikafo | 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 Mukafa
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