Kafire Surname
Approximately 53 people bear this surname
Kafire Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 38 | 1:1,027,349 | 44,109 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Kafire Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kafire Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kafire (Hindi: कफीरे) is most common in Uganda. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kafire? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,661,929th most frequent family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 137,500,866 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Kafire live; 72 percent live in East Africa and 70 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most numerous in Uganda, where it is borne by 38 people, or 1 in 1,027,349. In Uganda Kafire is most numerous in: Sironko District, where 45 percent are found, Buikwe District, where 16 percent are found and Kibuku District, where 11 percent are found. Apart from Uganda this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 25 percent are found and Algeria, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kafire Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kafire in the Hindi language | ||
| कफीरे | kaphire | - |
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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 Kafire
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