Kafwali Surname

2,580,327th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 56 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Kafwali Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kafwali Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia551:288,18016,490
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Kafwali Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kafwali Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Kafwali has its highest incidence in Zambia. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kafwali? popularity and diffusion

Kafwali is the 2,580,327th most commonly used surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 130,134,748 people. The surname Kafwali occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kafwali are found; 98 percent are found in Southern Africa and 98 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

It is most commonly used in Zambia, where it is borne by 55 people, or 1 in 288,180. In Zambia Kafwali is mostly found in: Copperbelt Province, where 64 percent are found, North-Western Province, where 29 percent are found and Lusaka Province, where 7 percent are found. Outside of Zambia it exists in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kafwala86456/
Kafwale8618/
Kavwali864/
Kafweli861/
Khafweli8018/
Khavwali801/
Kafwalaa801/
Kafuala7162/
Kavvali7128/
Kavwale7121/
Kabuali7115/
Kafwele712/
Kovwali711/
Kovvaali6752/
Kavvaali6745/
Kavvalli675/
Khafueli674/
Kabuhali674/
Khabwoli671/
Kabbalai671/
Kavhwala671/

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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 Kafwali
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