Musafili Surname

143,030th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,109 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Rwanda
Highest density in:
Rwanda

Musafili Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Musafili Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Rwanda2,7911:4,0721,005
Zambia2341:67,7355,969
DR Congo621:1,191,60673,277
Uganda131:3,003,02181,551
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
Finland11:5,496,70284,025

Musafili (35) may also be a first name.

Musafili Last Name Facts

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

The surname Musafili is more frequently found in Rwanda than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Musafili click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Musafili? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 143,030th most frequently occurring surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 2,344,016 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Musafili are found; 90 percent are found in East Africa and 90 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,744,716th most commonly used given name world-wide It is held by 35 people.

This surname is most numerous in Rwanda, where it is held by 2,791 people, or 1 in 4,072. Besides Rwanda this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 8 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 2 percent are found.

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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 Musafili
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