Kafwe Surname

823,466th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 337 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Kafwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kafwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo3281:225,24321,937
Zambia41:3,962,48038,524
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Kafwe (66) may also be a first name.

Kafwe Last Name Facts

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

Kafwe is found most frequently in The DR Congo. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Kafwe.

How Common Is The Last Name Kafwe? popularity and diffusion

Kafwe is the 823,466th most common last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 21,624,765 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kafwe live; 97 percent live in Central Africa and 97 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,201,840th most widely held first name in the world, borne by 66 people.

The last name is most frequently held in The DR Congo, where it is held by 328 people, or 1 in 225,243. Aside from The DR Congo this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 1 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kafw893/
Kafwa801,186/
Kafue8063/
Kofwe8034/
Kafwi8011/
Kefwe801/
Kavwe801/
Kaubwe7331/
Kabwey734/
Kabweh733/
Kaibwe732/
Kabwei732/
Kayfue731/
Khafwa731/
Kawfwa731/
Kabwue731/
Kkabwe731/
Kafwaa731/
Kavwei731/
Kawves731/
Kahabwe6769/
Keawvee674/
Kaewvee672/
Kayfueh671/
Kafwaha671/
Qafw671/
Kafoued671/
Kachvwe671/
Kofw671/

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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 Kafwe
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