Namfukwe Surname

26,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20,392 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Namfukwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Namfukwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia19,7711:802106
Tanzania6001:88,2368,919
England121:4,643,172139,951
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Namfukwe (32) may also be a first name.

Namfukwe Last Name Facts

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

Namfukwe is held by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Namfukwe? popularity and diffusion

Namfukwe is the 26,383rd most commonly used last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 357,373 people. Namfukwe is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Namfukwe reside; 97 percent reside in Southern Africa and 97 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,840,253rd most prevalent forename on earth, held by 32 people.

This surname is most commonly used in Zambia, where it is borne by 19,771 people, or 1 in 802. In Zambia it is most prevalent in: Northern Province, where 42 percent reside, Muchinga Province, where 22 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 15 percent reside. Beside Zambia Namfukwe exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 3 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Namfunkwe9441/
Namfwukwe943/
Namufukwe942/
Namfukewe942/
Namfuke933/
Namfukwa882/
Namfekwe881/
Nanfukwe881/
Namfukue881/
Namfungwe822/
Namfuko80235/
Namfuka809/
Namfuak801/
Namafuka75210/
Namufuka7541/
Nimfuk7111/
Namfak714/
Numfuk712/
Nyamufuku711/
Namphuk6763/
Niamfak6715/
Namafok673/
Nomfuku672/
Nyamfak672/
Nmfk671/
Namafik671/

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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 Namfukwe
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