Kafumu Surname
Approximately 2,668 people bear this surname
Kafumu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 2,249 | 1:23,540 | 2,898 |
| DR Congo | 246 | 1:300,323 | 27,390 |
| Zimbabwe | 62 | 1:249,004 | 26,834 |
| Zambia | 58 | 1:273,275 | 15,977 |
| Uganda | 45 | 1:867,540 | 39,905 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Kafumu (165) may also be a first name.
Kafumu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kafumu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kafumu occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Kafumu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kafumu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 162,905th most commonly used family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,731,464 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kafumu live; 86 percent live in East Africa and 86 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Kafumu is also the 712,876th most widespread first name worldwide. It is borne by 165 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 2,249 people, or 1 in 23,540. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Mwanza Region, where 17 percent live, Tabora Region, where 14 percent live and Shinyanga Region, where 12 percent live. Beside Tanzania it exists in 7 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 9 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 2 percent live.
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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 Kafumu
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