Kafwani Surname
Approximately 380 people bear this surname
Kafwani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 209 | 1:75,837 | 6,515 |
| DR Congo | 96 | 1:769,579 | 54,223 |
| Kenya | 74 | 1:624,053 | 28,587 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Kafwani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kafwani Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kafwani is most common in Zambia. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kafwani? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 754,238th most frequently used surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 19,177,752 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kafwani are found; 55 percent are found in Southern Africa and 55 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is held by 209 people, or 1 in 75,837. In Zambia Kafwani is most numerous in: Copperbelt Province, where 28 percent live, Northern Province, where 22 percent live and Luapula Province, where 20 percent live. Outside of Zambia it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 25 percent live and Kenya, where 19 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kafwana | 86 | 861 | / |
| Kafweni | 86 | 179 | / |
| Kabwani | 86 | 54 | / |
| Kafuani | 86 | 34 | / |
| Kawvanit | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kafwanny | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kabwanyi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Khavwani | 80 | 1 | / |
| Khatfwane | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kabbani | 71 | 6,885 | / |
| Kafuana | 71 | 795 | / |
| Kahabwanyi | 71 | 123 | / |
| Kabuani | 71 | 49 | / |
| Cafuani | 71 | 9 | / |
| Kabwane | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kafwene | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kobwani | 71 | 1 | / |
| Cavwani | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kavvani | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kabuanyi | 67 | 103 | / |
| Khabbani | 67 | 21 | / |
| Kabwaine | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kabbanni | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kabuhani | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khabvani | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khavvani | 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 Kafwani
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