Muvu Surname

1,328,442nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 169 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Muvu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Muvu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1571:470,57138,110
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Muvu (34) may also be a first name.

Muvu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Muvu is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Muvu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,328,442nd most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 43,121,573 people. The last name Muvu is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Muvu live; 93 percent live in Central Africa and 93 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Muvu is also the 1,775,424th most frequent given name at a global level. It is borne by 34 people.

The last name is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 157 people, or 1 in 470,571. Barring The DR Congo this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 2 percent are found and Kenya, where 2 percent are found.

Muvu Last Name Statistics demography

Muvu earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 68.21% less than the national average, earning R 75,552 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Muvhu89185/
Muevu89171/
Muvud8962/
Muvau8910/
Muvui895/
Mauvu893/
Muivu891/
Muvuz891/
Muvuh891/
Muvou891/
Mutvu891/
Mouvu891/
Mahuvu8035/
Musvau801/
Mouvou801/
Muvhau801/
Muevhu801/
Mubu751,829/
Mivu7548/
Muwu7525/
Mouvaux7395/
Mouvhou739/
Mowuu67227/
Mubau67172/
Muibu6778/
Mumpu6756/
Muwau6755/
Mubuu6752/
Mubeu6742/
Mouvault6741/
Mubuy6741/
Muewu6734/
Mubut6733/
Muwuh6723/
Muwus6722/
Maubu6719/
Mubuh6718/
Mgubu6716/
Munpu6713/
Mubhu6712/
Mouwu679/
Muubu677/
Mubui676/
Moubu675/
Mubus674/
Muwut674/
Musbu673/
Mhuwu672/
Muwuu671/
Muuwu671/
Mubud671/
Mmubu671/
Muybu671/
Mubou671/
Mivuu671/

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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 Muvu
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