Kafui Surname
Approximately 4,247 people bear this surname
Kafui Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 4,156 | 1:6,502 | 883 |
| Papua New Guinea | 64 | 1:127,402 | 17,396 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Kafui (27,679) may also be a first name.
Kafui Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kafui Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kafui is borne by more people in Ghana than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kafui? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 109,567th most widely held surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,715,928 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Kafui live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 29,631st most commonly used forename globally, held by 27,679 people.
The last name Kafui is most widespread in Ghana, where it is borne by 4,156 people, or 1 in 6,502. Apart from Ghana this last name is found in 15 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent are found and Brazil, where 0 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 Kafui
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