Mwafungo Surname
Approximately 474 people bear this surname
Mwafungo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 344 | 1:153,900 | 13,914 |
| Kenya | 126 | 1:366,507 | 21,229 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
Mwafungo Demographics
Mwafungo Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mwafungo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwafungo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mwafungo is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwafungo? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 641,055th most widespread surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 15,374,569 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwafungo reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most common in Tanzania, where it is borne by 344 people, or 1 in 153,900. In Tanzania Mwafungo is most prevalent in: Mbeya Region, where 93 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 3 percent reside and Iringa Region, where 1 percent reside. Besides Tanzania this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 27 percent reside and Malawi, where 1 percent reside.
Mwafungo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Mwafungo surname is principally Christian (75%) in Kenya.
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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 Mwafungo
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