Muvuma Surname
Approximately 8,173 people bear this surname
Muvuma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 7,888 | 1:9,366 | 1,155 |
| Zambia | 232 | 1:68,319 | 6,010 |
| Uganda | 39 | 1:1,001,007 | 43,411 |
| Angola | 9 | 1:2,998,802 | 4,903 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Muvuma (516) may also be a first name.
Muvuma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Muvuma Come From? nationality or country of origin
Muvuma occurs in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Muvuma? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 61,520th most commonly used surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 891,661 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Muvuma reside; 97 percent reside in Central Africa and 97 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 372,032nd most frequently occurring forename at a global level. It is borne by 516 people.
The surname Muvuma is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 7,888 people, or 1 in 9,366. Besides The DR Congo this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 3 percent are found and Uganda, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muvhuma | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mivuma | 83 | 116 | / |
| Muwuma | 83 | 94 | / |
| Mubuma | 83 | 83 | / |
| Muvumi | 83 | 78 | / |
| Muvumo | 83 | 7 | / |
| Muvoma | 83 | 2 | / |
| Muvume | 83 | 1 | / |
| Muvima | 83 | 1 | / |
| Muwuuma | 77 | 4 | / |
| Muvhima | 77 | 3 | / |
| Mauwuma | 77 | 1 | / |
| Muvhumi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Muvhumo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Musvumhe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Muwoma | 67 | 106 | / |
| Mobuma | 67 | 103 | / |
| Muboma | 67 | 53 | / |
| Muwima | 67 | 29 | / |
| Muwumi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mubumo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muwume | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muvomo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mautbouma | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mowuma | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mobouma | 62 | 19 | / |
| Muhwima | 62 | 4 | / |
| Mubhumi | 62 | 1 | / |
| Mouboumi | 57 | 1 | / |
| Moboma | 50 | 387 | / |
| Muwomo | 50 | 221 | / |
| Mowumi | 50 | 60 | / |
| Muwimo | 50 | 21 | / |
| Miwima | 50 | 1 | / |
| Mowumy | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Muvuma
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