Karfe Surname
Approximately 1,160 people bear this surname
Karfe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 785 | 1:225,660 | 13,265 |
| Niger | 374 | 1:51,316 | 2,560 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Karfe (253) may also be a first name.
Karfe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karfe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Karfe is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Karfe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Karfe is the 321,782nd most frequently occurring surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 6,282,367 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Karfe reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 68 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Karfe is also the 560,146th most commonly used forename worldwide It is held by 253 people.
The surname Karfe is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 785 people, or 1 in 225,660. In Nigeria it is most common in: Bauchi, where 25 percent live, Kaduna, where 15 percent live and Gombe, where 14 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 32 percent live and India, where 0 percent live.
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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 Karfe
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