Mwafati Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Mwafati Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
Mwafati Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwafati Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mwafati is found most in Tanzania. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwafati? popularity and diffusion
It is the 7,117,718th most commonly used surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Mwafati are found; 86 percent are found in East Africa and 86 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
It is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 10,588,323. In Tanzania Mwafati is most frequent in: Rukwa Region, where 80 percent are found and Katavi Region, where 20 percent are found. Barring Tanzania this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 14 percent are found and Kuwait, where 14 percent are found.
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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
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- 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 Mwafati
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