Kafuwala Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Kafuwala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 26 | 1:609,612 | 24,798 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
Kafuwala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kafuwala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kafuwala is borne by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kafuwala? popularity and diffusion
Kafuwala is the 3,798,600th most commonly held family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. The surname Kafuwala occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kafuwala live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly used in Zambia, where it is borne by 26 people, or 1 in 609,612. In Zambia Kafuwala is most frequent in: Western Province, where 77 percent live, Southern Province, where 19 percent live and Eastern Province, where 4 percent live. Aside from Zambia this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Namibia, where 4 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 Kafuwala
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