Mutafungwa Surname
Approximately 415 people bear this surname
Mutafungwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 382 | 1:138,591 | 12,789 |
| Uganda | 23 | 1:1,697,360 | 58,907 |
| Finland | 5 | 1:1,099,340 | 45,512 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
Mutafungwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mutafungwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mutafungwa occurs most in Tanzania. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mutafungwa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 707,442nd most prevalent family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 17,560,352 people. The last name Mutafungwa is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Mutafungwa live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is held by 382 people, or 1 in 138,591. In Tanzania Mutafungwa is most prevalent in: Kagera Region, where 74 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 22 percent live and Kilimanjaro Region, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account Tanzania this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 6 percent live and Finland, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mtafungwa | 95 | 255 | / |
| Mutafumgwa | 90 | 1 | / |
| Mutfunga | 89 | 4 | / |
| Mutayavunga | 76 | 9 | / |
| Muteyavunga | 76 | 1 | / |
| Matifunga | 74 | 1 | / |
| Mtafeng | 71 | 1 | / |
| Matuvangwa | 70 | 28 | / |
| Mutavunika | 70 | 5 | / |
| Mutofingah | 70 | 3 | / |
| Mutevengwa | 70 | 1 | / |
| Mutfwang | 67 | 178 | / |
| Mtavanga | 67 | 11 | / |
| Matafeng | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mutuvong | 67 | 4 | / |
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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 Mutafungwa
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