Kaafa Surname
Approximately 195 people bear this surname
Kaafa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 176 | 1:221,814 | 17,207 |
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Kaafa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kaafa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kaafa is found most frequently in Uganda. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaafa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kaafa is the 1,206,588th most commonly occurring family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 37,372,030 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kaafa are found; 90 percent are found in East Africa and 90 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Kaafa is most frequent in Uganda, where it is held by 176 people, or 1 in 221,814. In Uganda Kaafa is primarily found in: Buyende District, where 33 percent live, Kamuli District, where 30 percent live and Kaliro District, where 12 percent live. Outside of Uganda this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 8 percent live and Benin, 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 Kaafa
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