Kafungwa Surname
Approximately 424 people bear this surname
Kafungwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 342 | 1:46,345 | 4,450 |
| DR Congo | 75 | 1:985,061 | 64,020 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Kafungwa (68) may also be a first name.
Kafungwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kafungwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kafungwa is held by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kafungwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 695,980th most common last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 17,187,608 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kafungwa live; 81 percent live in Southern Africa and 81 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,181,159th most common first name in the world It is held by 68 people.
Kafungwa is most common in Zambia, where it is held by 342 people, or 1 in 46,345. In Zambia it is most prevalent in: Western Province, where 67 percent are found, Lusaka Province, where 15 percent are found and Southern Province, where 8 percent are found. Aside from Zambia this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 18 percent are found and Tanzania, where 1 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 Kafungwa
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