Namfua Surname

1,222,957th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 191 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Namfua Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Namfua Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1781:297,42523,042
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
England11:55,718,059489,080

Namfua Last Name Facts

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

The surname Namfua is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Namfua? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,222,957th most commonly held surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 38,154,691 people. The surname Namfua occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Namfua live; 93 percent live in East Africa and 93 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

It is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is held by 178 people, or 1 in 297,425. In Tanzania Namfua is most frequent in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 45 percent are found, Pwani Region, where 35 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 5 percent are found. Not including Tanzania it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 4 percent are found and Switzerland, where 2 percent are found.

Namfua Last Name Statistics demography

Namfua earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 5.16% more than the national average, earning $45,375 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nambua83197/
Namvua837/
Nanfua832/
Nambuha7713/
Nambuah773/
Nganfua771/
Ngamvua771/
Nambuo67374/
Nombua6793/
Nanbua671/
Naumbwa621/
Nnambuo621/
Nonbua504/

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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
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  • 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 Namfua
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