Mwafi Surname

591,720th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 527 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Zambia

Mwafi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mwafi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt2141:429,60625,756
DR Congo1851:399,34933,942
Zambia1161:136,63710,044
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Mwafi Last Name Facts

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

Mwafi is found in Egypt more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mwafi? popularity and diffusion

Mwafi is the 591,720th most commonly held family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 13,828,360 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Mwafi reside; 41 percent reside in North Africa and 41 percent reside in Arabic North Africa.

The surname is most numerous in Egypt, where it is borne by 214 people, or 1 in 429,606. Besides Egypt this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 35 percent are found and Zambia, where 22 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mwafy801,664/
Muafi80431/
Mwafa8057/
Mwofi8041/
Mbafi8040/
Mwafe8021/
Mwafey73122/
Mbafai73103/
Muafid7364/
Mwaafa7349/
Muafit7328/
Muahfi7324/
Hmwafa7316/
Mwapfa737/
Muaffi735/
Muasfi732/
Muaafi732/
Mwafaa731/
Mwafeu731/
Mwaifa731/
Muafhi731/
Mwafea731/
Mwaipha6798/
Mwapfaa6731/
Muhafhi673/
Mwuafeh671/
Mwahfoy671/
Mouhafi671/
Mbaifai671/
Mbaffai671/
Mwaifea671/

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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 Mwafi
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