Kafwembe Surname
Approximately 777 people bear this surname
Kafwembe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 390 | 1:189,435 | 19,115 |
| Zambia | 371 | 1:42,722 | 4,178 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
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
Kafwembe is most common in The DR Congo. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kafwembe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 440,539th most widespread family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 9,379,081 people. Kafwembe is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kafwembe reside; 50 percent reside in Central Africa and 50 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Kafwembe is also the 2,608,198th most widespread forename internationally It is held by 18 people.
Kafwembe is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 390 people, or 1 in 189,435. Not including The DR Congo it occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 48 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Kafwembe
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