Kanfana Surname
Approximately 390 people bear this surname
Kanfana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mali | 387 | 1:43,848 | 1,206 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Kanfana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanfana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kanfana occurs in Mali more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Kanfana click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanfana? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 739,868th most common surname globally, borne by around 1 in 18,686,015 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kanfana live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Mande Africa.
Kanfana is most commonly occurring in Mali, where it is held by 387 people, or 1 in 43,848. Besides Mali this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 0 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kanfany | 86 | 280 | / |
| Kanfani | 86 | 56 | / |
| Kanfane | 86 | 10 | / |
| Kanfona | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kanphana | 80 | 4 | / |
| Khonfana | 80 | 1 | / |
| Khanfany | 80 | 1 | / |
| Khanfani | 80 | 1 | / |
| Khanfaney | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kanphatna | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kamfani | 71 | 204 | / |
| Komfana | 71 | 102 | / |
| Khanphanat | 71 | 77 | / |
| Kamfona | 71 | 15 | / |
| Konfani | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kanfony | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kanfone | 71 | 2 | / |
| Qamfana | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kamfonas | 67 | 29 | / |
| Khomfana | 67 | 4 | / |
| Gqamfana | 67 | 3 | / |
| Qhamfana | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Kanfana
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