Kafwelu Surname
Approximately 67 people bear this surname
Kafwelu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 66 | 1:240,150 | 14,690 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Kafwelu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kafwelu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kafwelu has its highest incidence in Zambia. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kafwelu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kafwelu is the 2,333,370th most frequently held surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 108,769,342 people. Kafwelu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kafwelu live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
Kafwelu is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is held by 66 people, or 1 in 240,150. In Zambia it is most prevalent in: North-Western Province, where 59 percent are found and Copperbelt Province, where 39 percent are found. Other than Zambia Kafwelu occurs in one country. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 1 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 Kafwelu
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