Kafumbu Surname
Approximately 979 people bear this surname
Kafumbu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 413 | 1:38,378 | 3,829 |
| DR Congo | 328 | 1:225,243 | 21,937 |
| Malawi | 235 | 1:72,847 | 9,384 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Kafumbu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kafumbu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kafumbu occurs more in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kafumbu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 367,731st most widespread last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 7,443,867 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kafumbu are found; 66 percent are found in Southern Africa and 66 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Kafumbu is most widespread in Zambia, where it is borne by 413 people, or 1 in 38,378. In Zambia Kafumbu is most frequent in: North-Western Province, where 69 percent reside, Copperbelt Province, where 19 percent reside and Northern Province, where 5 percent reside. Excluding Zambia it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 34 percent reside and Malawi, where 24 percent reside.
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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
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- 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 Kafumbu
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