Kafanya Surname

1,038,570th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 242 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Kafanya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kafanya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo2391:309,12027,984
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kafanya (121) may also be a first name.

Kafanya Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kafanya is most common in The DR Congo. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kafanya? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,038,570th most frequently used last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 30,113,826 people. The surname Kafanya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kafanya are found; 99 percent are found in Central Africa and 99 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Kafanya is also the 848,089th most commonly used first name at a global level, borne by 121 people.

It is most frequently held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 239 people, or 1 in 309,120. Beside The DR Congo Kafanya occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 0 percent live and Uganda, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kafania8613/
Kafanja869/
Kafanias802/
Kaifania801/
Kaphanya801/
Khafahnia751/
Cafagna712,968/
Khatfainia711/
Cafania711/
Kofeynya6719/
Caffagna6715/
Kaphonya675/
Kofeinya674/
Kotphanya631/
Cafaña6215/
Cafagno57294/
Kafonjo571/

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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 Kafanya
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