Kafoto Surname

1,088,856th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 226 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Guam

Kafoto Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kafoto Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo2121:348,48930,654
Guam81:20,0153,029
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Micronesia11:106,2431,380
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Kafoto (22) may also be a first name.

Kafoto Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kafoto Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Kafoto occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Kafoto.

How Common Is The Last Name Kafoto? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kafoto is the 1,088,856th most numerous surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 32,245,778 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Kafoto live; 94 percent live in Central Africa and 94 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Kafoto is also the 2,301,746th most prevalent first name world-wide It is held by 22 people.

The surname is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is held by 212 people, or 1 in 348,489. Excluding The DR Congo Kafoto occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Guam, where 4 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kaifoto927/
Kafoutou868/
Kafota83209/
Kafato8379/
Kafeto8339/
Kafuto8316/
Kafatos7738/
Kafatou7732/
Kaifeto777/
Keafato774/
Kafeeto772/
Kaffatos7171/
Kaffatou7125/
Kafuta673,441/
Kafata67507/
Kafeta67125/
Kefato672/
Cafato671/

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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 Kafoto
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