Kafwafwa Surname
Approximately 1,168 people bear this surname
Kafwafwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 1,150 | 1:14,886 | 2,336 |
| Zambia | 13 | 1:1,219,225 | 30,856 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kafwafwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kafwafwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kafwafwa is held by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kafwafwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kafwafwa is the 320,056th most prevalent surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 6,239,337 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kafwafwa are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Kafwafwa is most frequently used in Malawi, where it is borne by 1,150 people, or 1 in 14,886. Without taking into account Malawi this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 1 percent are found and Denmark, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Khafwafwa | 94 | 9 | / |
| Kufwafwa | 88 | 394 | / |
| Kifwafwa | 88 | 68 | / |
| Kafwafwi | 88 | 6 | / |
| Kafafa | 86 | 10 | / |
| Khafafa | 80 | 91 | / |
| Kafafah | 80 | 47 | / |
| Kafafia | 80 | 17 | / |
| Kafaafa | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kafafaa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kufwafa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kafaofa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kafaffa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kafufwa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kafaf | 77 | 340 | / |
| Kafuafua | 75 | 144 | / |
| Kafwabwe | 75 | 64 | / |
| Kafwifwi | 75 | 29 | / |
| Kafwefwe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Khafafai | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kafafi | 71 | 5,039 | / |
| Kafafy | 71 | 4,683 | / |
| Khafaf | 71 | 361 | / |
| Kaffaf | 71 | 189 | / |
| Cafafa | 71 | 31 | / |
| Kafafe | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kafava | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kabwaibwai | 67 | 209 | / |
| Kaffafy | 67 | 183 | / |
| Khaffaf | 67 | 107 | / |
| Khafafi | 67 | 100 | / |
| Kafufwe | 67 | 16 | / |
| Kafaeva | 67 | 6 | / |
| Kafaifi | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kfwf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kufafwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khafafy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaifafi | 67 | 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
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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 Kafwafwa
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