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 last name Pfuma occurs in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pfuma? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,177,228th most commonly occurring surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 36,076,960 people. Pfuma occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Pfuma live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,257,960th most frequently used first name in the world, borne by 61 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 165 people, or 1 in 93,565. In Zimbabwe Pfuma is most numerous in: Mashonaland East Province, where 65 percent reside, Harare Province, where 25 percent reside and Mashonaland West Province, where 5 percent reside. Without taking into account Zimbabwe it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 15 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.
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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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