Kafue Surname
Approximately 63 people bear this surname
Kafue Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 50 | 1:316,998 | 17,478 |
| Kenya | 7 | 1:6,597,129 | 51,431 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Kafue Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kafue Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kafue is borne by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kafue? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,414,640th most frequently held last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 115,675,332 people. The surname Kafue occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Kafue reside; 81 percent reside in Southern Africa and 81 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most numerous in Zambia, where it is held by 50 people, or 1 in 316,998. In Zambia it is most frequent in: Lusaka Province, where 46 percent are found, Copperbelt Province, where 36 percent are found and Central Province, where 16 percent are found. Excluding Zambia it is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 11 percent are found and Indonesia, 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 Kafue
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