Kafwembe Surname

440,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 777 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Zambia

Kafwembe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kafwembe Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo3901:189,43519,115
Zambia3711:42,7224,178
England81:6,964,757184,742
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Kafwembe (18) may also be a first name.

Kafwembe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kafwembe is found most in The DR Congo. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kafwembe? popularity and diffusion

It is the 440,539th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 9,379,081 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kafwembe live; 50 percent live in Central Africa and 50 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most widely held first name worldwide. It is borne by 18 people.

Kafwembe is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 390 people, or 1 in 189,435. Apart from The DR Congo this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 48 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Kafwembe
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