Muwafu Surname
Approximately 87 people bear this surname
Muwafu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 86 | 1:453,945 | 27,029 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Muwafu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Muwafu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Muwafu is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Muwafu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,007,164th most prevalent family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 83,764,896 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Muwafu reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is carried by 86 people, or 1 in 453,945. In Uganda it is most frequent in: Buyende District, where 17 percent reside, Kamuli District, where 14 percent reside and Kampala District, where 12 percent reside. Without taking into account Uganda it exists in one country. It is also common in Malaysia, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Muwafu
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