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
The last name Kafashe is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Kafashe.
How Common Is The Last Name Kafashe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 842,714th most commonly used last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 22,354,435 people. The surname Kafashe occurs mostly in Africa, where 59 percent of Kafashe reside; 58 percent reside in East Africa and 58 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 189 people, or 1 in 280,114. In Tanzania Kafashe is most numerous in: Kigoma Region, where 95 percent live, Mwanza Region, where 2 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent live. Excluding Tanzania this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 40 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.
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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 Kafashe
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