Nafumba Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Nafumba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Nafumba Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda161:2,439,95572,451
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906

Nafumba Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Nafumba Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Nafumba is more commonly found in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nafumba? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,427,875th most commonly occurring family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name Nafumba is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nafumba are found; 80 percent are found in East Africa and 80 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

It is most numerous in Uganda, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 2,439,955. In Uganda Nafumba is most common in: Busia District, where 50 percent reside, Kayunga District, where 13 percent reside and Butaleja District, where 6 percent reside. Besides Uganda this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 20 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nafoumba931/
Naafumba931/
Nofumba8673/
Nafumbo863/
Naphumba801/
Neufumba801/
Nafimbo712/
Ngofumbo6727/
Naphimba671/
Naphimbo539/

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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 Nafumba
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