Kafufi Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Zambia

Kafufi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kafufi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
Zambia51:3,169,98435,680

Kafufi Last Name Facts

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

Kafufi has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kafufi? popularity and diffusion

Kafufi is the 6,063,924th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name Kafufi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kafufi live; 50 percent live in East Africa and 50 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 10,588,323. In Tanzania Kafufi is mostly concentrated in: Tabora Region, where 80 percent reside and Dodoma Region, where 20 percent reside. Outside of Tanzania this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Zambia, where 50 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kaufufi921/
Kafoufi921/
Kafifi83334/
Khafifi77380/
Kefoufi771/
Khafifie71154/
Kafife674/
Khafife6211/
Keffifi621/
Kaefifi621/
Kaffuphy571/
Kefifi50503/
Kefife501/

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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 Kafufi
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis