Kafaniya Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Kafaniya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
Kafaniya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kafaniya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kafaniya occurs more in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kafaniya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kafaniya is the 7,593,402nd most widely held family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kafaniya live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 4,279,777. Besides Malawi it occurs in one country. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 33 percent are found.
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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 Kafaniya
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