Kafembe Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Kafembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 14 | 1:1,102,731 | 66,551 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
Kafembe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kafembe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kafembe is found most in Zimbabwe. It can be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kafembe.
How Common Is The Last Name Kafembe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,908,606th most frequently held last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name Kafembe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Kafembe live; 88 percent live in Southern Africa and 88 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Kafembe is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 1,102,731. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Harare Province, where 93 percent reside and Mashonaland East Province, where 7 percent reside. Beside Zimbabwe this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 6 percent reside and Italy, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kafuembe | 93 | 41 | / |
| Kafambe | 86 | 239 | / |
| Kafemba | 86 | 47 | / |
| Kafembi | 86 | 6 | / |
| Kafimbe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kafemwe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kaphembe | 80 | 62 | / |
| Kaufenbe | 80 | 4 | / |
| Kafuumbe | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kapfemba | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kafimbi | 71 | 242 | / |
| Kafimba | 71 | 56 | / |
| Kafambi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kaphemba | 67 | 1,527 | / |
| Kaphembi | 67 | 75 | / |
| Kafuimbi | 67 | 62 | / |
| Kapfimbi | 67 | 39 | / |
| Kaphombe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kaphiembi | 63 | 1 | / |
| Kofimbi | 57 | 6 | / |
| Kuofimbi | 53 | 4 | / |
| Koufimba | 53 | 1 | / |
| Coffenbey | 50 | 0 | / |
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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 Kafembe
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