Kafaye Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Kafaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Kafaye (23) may also be a first name.
Kafaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kafaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kafaye occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kafaye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kafaye is the 5,812,366th most commonly held last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 82 percent of Kafaye reside; 82 percent reside in West Africa and 64 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,239,265th most widespread first name internationally It is held by 23 people.
The last name Kafaye is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Yobe, where 83 percent are found and Ogun, where 17 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 18 percent are found and Benin, where 9 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 Kafaye
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