Kafane Surname
Approximately 49 people bear this surname
Kafane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 36 | 1:226,492 | 31,172 |
| Lesotho | 8 | 1:254,070 | 15,268 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Kafane (10) may also be a first name.
Kafane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kafane Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kafane (Marathi: कफणे) is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kafane? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,776,799th most numerous surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 148,725,427 people. The surname is mostly found in Oceania, where 73 percent of Kafane live; 73 percent live in Oceania Islands and 73 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently occurring given name internationally It is held by 10 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 36 people, or 1 in 226,492. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: Eastern Highlands, where 97 percent reside and Central, where 3 percent reside. Outside of Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Lesotho, where 16 percent reside and Algeria, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kafane Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kafane in the Marathi language | ||
| कफणे | kaphane | - |
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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 Kafane
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