Kafalu Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Kafalu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Kafalu (5) may also be a first name.
Kafalu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kafalu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kafalu (Marathi: कफलू) occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Kafalu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kafalu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 8,193,072nd most commonly occurring family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kafalu live; 80 percent live in East Africa and 80 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 5,493,085th most widely held first name at a global level, held by 5 people.
The last name is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 13,235,403. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Dodoma Region, where 100 percent reside. Other than Tanzania this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 20 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kafalu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kafalu in the Marathi language | ||
| कफलू | kaphalu | - |
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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 Kafalu
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