Mwafi Surname
Approximately 527 people bear this surname
Mwafi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 214 | 1:429,606 | 25,756 |
| DR Congo | 185 | 1:399,349 | 33,942 |
| Zambia | 116 | 1:136,637 | 10,044 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Mwafi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwafi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mwafi occurs most in Egypt. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwafi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 591,720th most widespread family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 13,828,360 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Mwafi reside; 41 percent reside in North Africa and 41 percent reside in Arabic North Africa.
This last name is most numerous in Egypt, where it is held by 214 people, or 1 in 429,606. Excluding Egypt this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 35 percent reside and Zambia, where 22 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mwafy | 80 | 1,664 | / |
| Muafi | 80 | 431 | / |
| Mwafa | 80 | 57 | / |
| Mwofi | 80 | 41 | / |
| Mbafi | 80 | 40 | / |
| Mwafe | 80 | 21 | / |
| Mwafey | 73 | 122 | / |
| Mbafai | 73 | 103 | / |
| Muafid | 73 | 64 | / |
| Mwaafa | 73 | 49 | / |
| Muafit | 73 | 28 | / |
| Muahfi | 73 | 24 | / |
| Hmwafa | 73 | 16 | / |
| Mwapfa | 73 | 7 | / |
| Muaffi | 73 | 5 | / |
| Muasfi | 73 | 2 | / |
| Muaafi | 73 | 2 | / |
| Mwafaa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mwafeu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mwaifa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Muafhi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mwafea | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mwaipha | 67 | 98 | / |
| Mwapfaa | 67 | 31 | / |
| Muhafhi | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mwuafeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwahfoy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mouhafi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbaifai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mbaffai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mwaifea | 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
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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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