Kanefu Surname

282,611th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,364 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Kanefu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanefu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1,3541:54,5646,566
England21:27,859,030389,889
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
France11:66,422,722504,397
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Kanefu (412) may also be a first name.

Kanefu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kanefu is carried by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanefu? popularity and diffusion

Kanefu is the 282,611th most frequently held last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 5,342,776 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kanefu reside; 99 percent reside in Central Africa and 99 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Kanefu is also the 423,803rd most commonly used first name in the world It is held by 412 people.

The last name is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 1,354 people, or 1 in 54,564. Aside from The DR Congo this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent reside and Belgium, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kangefu921/
Kaneffu921/
Khanefu921/
Kanafu8338/
Kanifu8327/
Kanofu832/
Kenefu831/
Kanyofu7710/
Kanafou773/
Khanafu771/
Khanyofu717/
Kanifutt711/
Khanafou711/
Kanaffou711/
Kanhafou711/
Kaneadpheud591/
Khenafou57223/
Konoffou571/
Khenaffou5312/

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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 Kanefu
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