Mwafa Surname
Approximately 57 people bear this surname
Mwafa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 56 | 1:275,683 | 28,626 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mwafa (10) may also be a first name.
Mwafa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwafa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mwafa is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Mwafa.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwafa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mwafa is the 2,555,468th most numerous family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 127,851,683 people. The surname Mwafa occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Mwafa live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequent first name internationally, held by 10 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 56 people, or 1 in 275,683. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Masvingo Province, where 46 percent live, Mashonaland West Province, where 23 percent live and Harare Province, where 14 percent live. Beside Zimbabwe it is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mwaafa | 91 | 49 | / |
| Hmwafa | 91 | 16 | / |
| Mwapfa | 91 | 7 | / |
| Mwafaa | 91 | 1 | / |
| Mwafea | 91 | 1 | / |
| Mwaifa | 91 | 1 | / |
| Mwahafa | 83 | 580 | / |
| Mwapfaa | 83 | 31 | / |
| Mwaifea | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mwafy | 80 | 1,664 | / |
| Mwafi | 80 | 527 | / |
| Muafa | 80 | 480 | / |
| Mbafa | 80 | 25 | / |
| Mwafo | 80 | 22 | / |
| Mwafe | 80 | 21 | / |
| Mwefa | 80 | 2 | / |
| Mwofa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mwapfaya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mwahafha | 77 | 1 | / |
| Muaafa | 73 | 199 | / |
| Mwafey | 73 | 122 | / |
| Mbafai | 73 | 103 | / |
| Muaffa | 73 | 16 | / |
| Mbaifa | 73 | 13 | / |
| Mwaffo | 73 | 4 | / |
| Mwafot | 73 | 4 | / |
| Mbafah | 73 | 2 | / |
| Muatfa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Mwafeu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Muafat | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mbaffa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mbafay | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mbaufa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Muahafa | 67 | 167 | / |
| Mwaipha | 67 | 98 | / |
| Mwaphaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muhaffa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwuafeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwahfoy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muaffat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbaifai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbaffai | 67 | 1 | / |
| M'Baffa | 67 | 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 Mwafa
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