Kafuwe Surname
Approximately 170 people bear this surname
Kafuwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 155 | 1:102,258 | 8,141 |
| Uganda | 12 | 1:3,253,273 | 85,117 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Kafuwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kafuwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kafuwe is most common in Zambia. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kafuwe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,321,499th most prevalent family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 42,867,917 people. The last name Kafuwe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kafuwe reside; 92 percent reside in Southern Africa and 92 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is borne by 155 people, or 1 in 102,258. In Zambia Kafuwe is mostly found in: Copperbelt Province, where 30 percent are found, Southern Province, where 26 percent are found and Lusaka Province, where 21 percent are found. Excluding Zambia it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 7 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kapfuwe | 92 | 8 | / |
| Kafuuwe | 92 | 1 | / |
| Kafuswe | 92 | 1 | / |
| Kafuwa | 83 | 1,416 | / |
| Kafowe | 83 | 37 | / |
| Kafoube | 77 | 481 | / |
| Kapfuwa | 77 | 89 | / |
| Kofauwe | 77 | 63 | / |
| Kafuwai | 77 | 20 | / |
| Kafuwaj | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kafuvi | 67 | 223 | / |
| Kafive | 67 | 36 | / |
| Kafuva | 67 | 2 | / |
| Keafauver | 67 | 0 | / |
| Kaphuwa | 62 | 17 | / |
| Kafuubi | 62 | 7 | / |
| Kapfuva | 62 | 7 | / |
| Kofauve | 62 | 6 | / |
| Kafuvyi | 62 | 4 | / |
| Keifuve | 62 | 0 | / |
| Cahafuwa | 57 | 1 | / |
| Koufoube | 57 | 1 | / |
| Keyfauver | 53 | 86 | / |
| Cofowe | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Kafuwe
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