Mwahafa Surname
Approximately 580 people bear this surname
Mwahafa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 578 | 1:4,169 | 767 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Mwahafa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwahafa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mwahafa occurs more in Namibia more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwahafa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 550,571st most frequently held surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 12,564,734 people. The surname Mwahafa is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwahafa reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
Mwahafa is most commonly used in Namibia, where it is carried by 578 people, or 1 in 4,169. In Namibia it is most common in: Ohangwena Region, where 45 percent reside, Erongo Region, where 13 percent reside and Oshikoto Region, where 11 percent reside. Outside of Namibia this surname exists in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 0 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 Mwahafa
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