Nyamafu Surname
Approximately 240 people bear this surname
Nyamafu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 238 | 1:222,444 | 18,495 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Nyamafu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyamafu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nyamafu is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyamafu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,044,719th most frequently occurring last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 30,364,775 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyamafu reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is held by 238 people, or 1 in 222,444. In Tanzania Nyamafu is most common in: Dodoma Region, where 63 percent are found, Morogoro Region, where 32 percent are found and Tabora Region, where 4 percent are found. Excluding Tanzania Nyamafu occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 0 percent are found and Uganda, where 0 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 Nyamafu
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