Mukofu Surname

1,239,697th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 187 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Mukofu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mukofu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia1141:139,03410,179
Kenya641:721,56130,456
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Mukofu (23) may also be a first name.

Mukofu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mukofu is borne by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mukofu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,239,697th most common last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 38,970,834 people. Mukofu is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Mukofu live; 61 percent live in Southern Africa and 61 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Mukofu is also the 2,239,265th most frequent first name in the world It is held by 23 people.

The last name Mukofu is most common in Zambia, where it is borne by 114 people, or 1 in 139,034. In Zambia it is most prevalent in: North-Western Province, where 38 percent reside, Copperbelt Province, where 31 percent reside and Southern Province, where 25 percent reside. Besides Zambia Mukofu occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 34 percent reside and Tanzania, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mukhofu921/
Mikofu8357/
Mukafu8353/
Mukefu8327/
Mokofu833/
Mokhofu7753/
Mukhefu774/
Mikafu6713/
Mokafu6712/
Mucafu673/
Mukhaphu579/

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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
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  • 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 Mukofu
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