Mwafula Surname
Approximately 536 people bear this surname
Mwafula Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 522 | 1:101,421 | 9,934 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mwafula Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwafula Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mwafula is most common in Tanzania. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwafula? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 584,278th most commonly occurring family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 13,596,168 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mwafula live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 522 people, or 1 in 101,421. In Tanzania Mwafula is most prevalent in: Mbeya Region, where 74 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 24 percent live and Dodoma Region, where 1 percent live. Apart from Tanzania this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Scotland, where 1 percent live and The DR Congo, where 1 percent live.
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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 Mwafula
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