Kafashe Surname
Approximately 326 people bear this surname
Kafashe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 189 | 1:280,114 | 21,957 |
| Iran | 132 | 1:581,686 | 32,703 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Kafashe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kafashe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kafashe is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kafashe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 842,714th most frequently occurring surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 22,354,435 people. Kafashe occurs mostly in Africa, where 59 percent of Kafashe are found; 58 percent are found in East Africa and 58 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Kafashe is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is borne by 189 people, or 1 in 280,114. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Kigoma Region, where 95 percent reside, Mwanza Region, where 2 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent reside. Without taking into account Tanzania this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 40 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Kafashe
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