Kafuye Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Kafuye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Kafuye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kafuye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kafuye is found most in Tanzania. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kafuye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,360,413th most prevalent last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. Kafuye is mostly found in Africa, where 78 percent of Kafuye are found; 67 percent are found in East Africa and 67 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 8,823,602. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Kigoma Region, where 67 percent are found and Tabora Region, where 17 percent are found. Outside of Tanzania this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 22 percent are found and South Africa, where 11 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
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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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kafuye
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