Cafelo Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Cafelo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cafelo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil151:14,271,622267,944
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706

Cafelo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Cafelo is found in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Cafelo? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,772,636th most common last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The surname Cafelo is primarily found in The Americas, where 94 percent of Cafelo reside; 94 percent reside in South America and 88 percent reside in Luso-South America.

The last name Cafelo is most frequent in Brazil, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 14,271,622. In Brazil it is most frequent in: Rio de Janeiro, where 100 percent reside. Without taking into account Brazil it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Angola, where 6 percent reside and Argentina, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kafelo8349/
Cofelo8336/
Cafalo832/
Safelo831/
Caifalo7736/
Kafeelo7717/
Kgafelo779/
Saffelo773/
Chafela773/
Cafalio771/
Kcofelo771/
Kaffelo771/
Cofielo771/
Coffelo770/
Tshafelo712/
Cafailoa711/
Cafala673,161/
Kafela67167/
Kafolo6777/
Safela6766/
Kafilo6763/
Cafola6753/
Safilo6741/
Kafalo6732/
Cofela6719/
Kofelo674/
Céfalo673/
Qafela671/
Sofelo671/
Zafela671/
Jafela671/
Kauffelot671/

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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 Cafelo
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