Kafoi Surname
Approximately 138 people bear this surname
Kafoi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 117 | 1:1,514,041 | 57,594 |
| Solomon Islands | 11 | 1:52,730 | 10,588 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
Kafoi (26) may also be a first name.
Kafoi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kafoi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kafoi has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kafoi.
How Common Is The Last Name Kafoi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,511,557th most commonly occurring last name on earth, held by around 1 in 52,808,304 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Kafoi are found; 85 percent are found in West Africa and 85 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,084,397th most common forename globally. It is borne by 26 people.
The last name Kafoi is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 117 people, or 1 in 1,514,041. In Nigeria Kafoi is primarily concentrated in: Kaduna, where 93 percent are found, Lagos, where 5 percent are found and Kano, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The Solomon Islands, where 8 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 3 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 Kafoi
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