Kafando Surname

7,266th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 78,116 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Burkina Faso
Highest density in:
Burkina Faso

Kafando Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kafando Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Burkina Faso77,4861:23735
Ivory Coast2681:86,0874,610
Mali2581:65,7711,556
United States271:13,424,405494,117
Zimbabwe131:1,187,55768,998
France121:5,535,227269,324
Belgium71:1,642,37898,400
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
Niger61:3,198,67054,540
Senegal51:2,915,8685,479
England41:13,929,515290,718
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Benin21:5,167,80184,334
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Kafando (159) may also be a first name.

Kafando Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kafando occurs more in Burkina Faso more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kafando? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 7,266th most commonly used last name on earth, held by around 1 in 93,291 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kafando reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 727,628th most widely held forename throughout the world, borne by 159 people.

The last name is most frequently held in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 77,486 people, or 1 in 237. In Burkina Faso it is most common in: Centre Region, where 29 percent reside, Centre-Nord Region, where 18 percent reside and Plateau-Central Region, where 13 percent reside. Excluding Burkina Faso this surname occurs in 23 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent reside and Mali, where 0 percent reside.

Kafando Last Name Statistics demography

Kafando earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 20.03% more than the national average, earning $51,792 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kafaindo9343/
Kaffando9317/
Kafandou932/
Kaafando932/
Kkafando931/
Khafandoh886/
Kafanda861,520/
Kafondo8636/
Cafando869/
Kafamdo861/
Kafuondo801/
Cafanda7149/
Kofanda711/
Kafonda711/
Kaphanda67104/
Kodfanda671/
Kafondath631/
Koufounda505/

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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
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  • 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 Kafando
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