Kanfieni Surname
Approximately 59 people bear this surname
Kanfieni Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 55 | 1:187,920 | 18,137 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
Kanfieni (3,240) may also be a first name.
Kanfieni Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanfieni Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kanfieni is more commonly found in Benin than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanfieni? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,506,728th most frequently occurring last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 123,517,727 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kanfieni reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 125,910th most frequently used given name globally, borne by 3,240 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Benin, where it is held by 55 people, or 1 in 187,920. In Benin it is most prevalent in: Atakora Department, where 53 percent live, Alibori Department, where 45 percent live and Littoral Department, where 2 percent live. Barring Benin Kanfieni is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 5 percent live and Burkina Faso, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kanfeni | 93 | 53 | / |
| Kanfini | 93 | 1 | / |
| Khanfini | 88 | 1 | / |
| Kanfuengi | 82 | 1 | / |
| Canfeni | 80 | 5 | / |
| Kamfeni | 80 | 4 | / |
| Kamfini | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kanfuni | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kamfengi | 75 | 4 | / |
| Kanfines | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kamfueni | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kanfiner | 75 | 0 | / |
| Kanphinit | 71 | 62 | / |
| Kanphinai | 71 | 24 | / |
| Kamfuengi | 71 | 4 | / |
| Kanfuenge | 71 | 4 | / |
| Confini | 67 | 34 | / |
| Kanfane | 67 | 10 | / |
| Khanphinit | 67 | 8 | / |
| Komfeni | 67 | 1 | / |
| Konfine | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kanfune | 67 | 1 | / |
| Canfine | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Kanfieni
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