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 held by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kafire? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,661,929th most frequent last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 137,500,866 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 75 percent of Kafire are found; 72 percent are found in East Africa and 70 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Kafire is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is carried by 38 people, or 1 in 1,027,349. In Uganda it is mostly found in: Sironko District, where 45 percent reside, Buikwe District, where 16 percent reside and Kibuku District, where 11 percent reside. Aside from Uganda this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 25 percent reside and Algeria, where 2 percent reside.
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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