Pfuma Surname
Approximately 202 people bear this surname
Pfuma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 165 | 1:93,565 | 13,336 |
| Zambia | 30 | 1:528,331 | 22,995 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Pfuma (61) may also be a first name.
Pfuma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pfuma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pfuma is more commonly found in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pfuma? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,177,228th most common last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 36,076,960 people. The last name Pfuma occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Pfuma reside; 97 percent reside in Southern Africa and 97 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Pfuma is also the 1,257,960th most numerous forename worldwide It is held by 61 people.
The last name is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 165 people, or 1 in 93,565. In Zimbabwe Pfuma is primarily found in: Mashonaland East Province, where 65 percent live, Harare Province, where 25 percent live and Mashonaland West Province, where 5 percent live. Outside of Zimbabwe this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 15 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
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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 Pfuma
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