Kalafe Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Kalafe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Kalafe (38) may also be a first name.
Kalafe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kalafe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kalafe occurs in India more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kalafe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kalafe is the 6,360,413th most commonly held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name Kalafe is predominantly found in Africa, where 56 percent of Kalafe live; 44 percent live in South Asia and 44 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,662,754th most frequently used first name globally, borne by 38 people.
It is most frequent in India, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 191,766,346. In India it is most prevalent in: Maharashtra, where 100 percent reside. Besides India this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 11 percent reside and Niger, where 11 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
- 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 Kalafe
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