Kafere Surname
Approximately 1,629 people bear this surname
Kafere Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 1,542 | 1:11,102 | 1,709 |
| Zimbabwe | 74 | 1:208,625 | 23,867 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Kafere (99) may also be a first name.
Kafere Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kafere Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kafere occurs more in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Kafere.
How Common Is The Last Name Kafere? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kafere is the 244,515th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,473,632 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kafere are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Kafere is also the 951,070th most commonly used forename internationally It is held by 99 people.
The last name Kafere is most widespread in Malawi, where it is borne by 1,542 people, or 1 in 11,102. Excluding Malawi Kafere occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 5 percent are found and Nigeria, where 0 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 Kafere
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