Kalanfe Surname

1,943,350th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 92 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Niger
Highest density in:
Niger

Kalanfe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kalanfe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Niger821:234,0497,581
Benin91:1,148,40050,768
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679

Kalanfe (421) may also be a first name.

Kalanfe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kalanfe is most common in Niger. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kalanfe? popularity and diffusion

Kalanfe is the 1,943,350th most commonly occurring family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 79,212,456 people. Kalanfe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kalanfe live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 418,786th most frequent first name on earth. It is borne by 421 people.

This last name is most numerous in Niger, where it is borne by 82 people, or 1 in 234,049. In Niger it is most frequent in: Tillabéri Region, where 100 percent reside. Aside from Niger it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 10 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kalanfee931/
Kalanfi8627/
Kalanfa861/
Kalanphe801/
Kalanv774/
Kalanb772/
Kalamfi714/
Kalanmb711/
Kalamnw711/
Kalamphe671/
Calanb625/
Kalonv621/
Kalomfi571/
Kalyamb571/
Kalampha5312/
Kalombowa501/
Callahanw500/

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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 Kalanfe
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