Mutofwe Surname

404,712th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 866 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Mutofwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Mutofwe Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia7291:21,7422,373
DR Congo1371:539,26742,095

Mutofwe (25) may also be a first name.

Mutofwe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mutofwe occurs most in Zambia. It can also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mutofwe? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 404,712th most widespread family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 8,415,180 people. The last name Mutofwe occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mutofwe live; 84 percent live in Southern Africa and 84 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most frequent forename worldwide, held by 25 people.

Mutofwe is most frequent in Zambia, where it is held by 729 people, or 1 in 21,742. In Zambia Mutofwe is primarily found in: Copperbelt Province, where 40 percent are found, Central Province, where 24 percent are found and Lusaka Province, where 16 percent are found. Not including Zambia Mutofwe is found in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 16 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mutafwe862/
Mutofwa862/
Motofwe861/
Mutovwe861/
Mutafwa713/
Mustafwi675/
Mustafwy671/
Mutobvi57243/
Mutabue571/
Muthovva531/
Mutobuayi504/
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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 Mutofwe
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