Mwafumu Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Mwafumu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Mwafumu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwafumu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mwafumu has its highest incidence in Zimbabwe. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwafumu? popularity and diffusion
Mwafumu is the 6,723,624th most numerous surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwafumu live; 88 percent live in Southern Africa and 88 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 2,573,040. In Zimbabwe Mwafumu is mostly found in: Midlands Province, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Zimbabwe this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 13 percent are found and Tanzania, where 13 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
- 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 Mwafumu
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