Kafumbwe Surname
Approximately 431 people bear this surname
Kafumbwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 226 | 1:70,132 | 6,129 |
| Malawi | 183 | 1:93,547 | 11,397 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Kafumbwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kafumbwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kafumbwe is found most frequently in Zambia. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kafumbwe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 687,524th most frequently held last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 16,908,459 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kafumbwe reside; 95 percent reside in Southern Africa and 95 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently held in Zambia, where it is held by 226 people, or 1 in 70,132. In Zambia it is mostly found in: Central Province, where 48 percent reside, Copperbelt Province, where 27 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 15 percent reside. Excluding Zambia it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 42 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 5 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
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