Kafiu Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Kafiu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Kafiu (23) may also be a first name.
Kafiu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kafiu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kafiu is most common in Nigeria. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Kafiu.
How Common Is The Last Name Kafiu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,587,209th most commonly held surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name Kafiu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kafiu are found; 92 percent are found in West Africa and 92 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,239,265th most prevalent first name worldwide. It is borne by 23 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 16,103,887. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Lagos, where 55 percent are found, Oyo, where 27 percent are found and Kogi, where 9 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 8 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 Kafiu
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