Mwifa Surname
Approximately 99 people bear this surname
Mwifa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 98 | 1:540,221 | 34,788 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Mwifa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mwifa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mwifa occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mwifa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,860,621st most frequently held family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 73,611,575 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mwifa are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 98 people, or 1 in 540,221. In Tanzania Mwifa is mostly found in: Morogoro Region, where 96 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 4 percent are found. Outside of Tanzania it exists in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 1 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 Mwifa
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