Kafumba Surname
Approximately 1,429 people bear this surname
Kafumba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 654 | 1:26,176 | 3,951 |
| DR Congo | 397 | 1:186,095 | 18,831 |
| Zambia | 198 | 1:80,050 | 6,810 |
| Tanzania | 83 | 1:637,851 | 38,732 |
| Uganda | 68 | 1:574,107 | 31,082 |
| Liberia | 17 | 1:259,326 | 15,766 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Kafumba (267) may also be a first name.
Kafumba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kafumba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kafumba occurs more in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kafumba? popularity and diffusion
It is the 272,373rd most frequently occurring surname globally, held by around 1 in 5,099,752 people. The surname Kafumba is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kafumba live; 60 percent live in Southern Africa and 60 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 544,256th most prevalent first name worldwide, held by 267 people.
The last name Kafumba is most numerous in Malawi, where it is carried by 654 people, or 1 in 26,176. Barring Malawi this last name occurs in 14 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 28 percent live and Zambia, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kafoumba | 93 | 147 | / |
| Kapfumba | 93 | 89 | / |
| Kafuemba | 93 | 34 | / |
| Kafuumba | 93 | 1 | / |
| Kaffoumba | 88 | 3 | / |
| Kafumbe | 86 | 2,202 | / |
| Kafumbi | 86 | 914 | / |
| Kafumbo | 86 | 544 | / |
| Kafimba | 86 | 56 | / |
| Kafomba | 86 | 2 | / |
| Cafumba | 86 | 2 | / |
| Kafunba | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kofumba | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kaphumba | 80 | 75 | / |
| Kafuimbi | 80 | 62 | / |
| Kapfumbe | 80 | 10 | / |
| Kapfumbi | 80 | 10 | / |
| Kofoumba | 80 | 4 | / |
| Kafuumbe | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kaffumbe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kafuimbo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kaifunbah | 75 | 3 | / |
| Kafimbo | 71 | 303 | / |
| Kafunbe | 71 | 5 | / |
| Kafombo | 71 | 2 | / |
| Cafumbe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kefumbo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kafimbou | 67 | 78 | / |
| Koufimba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaifimbo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Koufoumbe | 63 | 2 | / |
| Cafimbo | 57 | 20 | / |
| Kaphombe | 53 | 4 | / |
| Kaphombo | 53 | 1 | / |
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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 Kafumba
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