Kafeh Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Kafeh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 36 | 1:576,919 | 44,454 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
Kafeh (41) may also be a first name.
Kafeh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kafeh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kafeh occurs most in Cameroon. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kafeh? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kafeh is the 3,100,440th most frequent surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Kafeh reside; 90 percent reside in Central Africa and 90 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Kafeh is also the 1,590,275th most common forename throughout the world. It is borne by 41 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 36 people, or 1 in 576,919. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Northwest Region, where 94 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 3 percent are found. Not including Cameroon this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 5 percent are found and England, where 3 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 Kafeh
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