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
The last name Mwafumu is carried by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwafumu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mwafumu is the 6,723,624th most prevalent family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwafumu reside; 88 percent reside in Southern Africa and 88 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 2,573,040. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Midlands Province, where 100 percent reside. Barring Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 13 percent reside and Tanzania, where 13 percent reside.
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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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