Kafwimbi Surname

57,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,771 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Zambia

Kafwimbi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kafwimbi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo5,5891:13,2191,657
Zambia2,7681:5,726691
Tanzania3881:136,44712,637
South Africa101:5,417,770150,016
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Kafwimbi (627) may also be a first name.

Kafwimbi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kafwimbi occurs most in The DR Congo. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kafwimbi? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 57,718th most prevalent family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 830,868 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kafwimbi are found; 64 percent are found in Central Africa and 64 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Kafwimbi is also the 332,667th most frequently held first name worldwide, held by 627 people.

The surname Kafwimbi is most widespread in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 5,589 people, or 1 in 13,219. Excluding The DR Congo this last name occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 32 percent reside and Tanzania, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kafwiombi941/
Kafuimbi8862/
Kafwimba8854/
Kabwimbi8821/
Kafwimbe881/
Kafwinbi881/
Kafwembe75777/
Kafwemba75132/
Kabvimbi751/
Kafwembee711/
Kafuembe6341/
Kafuemba6334/
Kavuemba501/

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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 Kafwimbi
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