Karfor Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Karfor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Karfor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa221:2,462,623101,019
Canada81:4,605,699220,704

Karfor Last Name Facts

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

The surname Karfor is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Karfor click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Karfor? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,602,217th most numerous family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. Karfor is primarily found in Africa, where 73 percent of Karfor are found; 73 percent are found in Southern Africa and 73 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

Karfor is most widely held in South Africa, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 2,462,623. In South Africa Karfor is most prevalent in: Gauteng, where 50 percent live, Eastern Cape, where 45 percent live and Western Cape, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account South Africa it exists in one country. It also occurs in Canada, where 27 percent live.

Karfor Last Name Statistics demography

Karfor earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 152.52% more than the national average, earning R 600,084 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Karfour921/
Karfore920/
Kearford8625/
Karfar83269/
Korfor836/
Karfur834/
Carfor832/
Kerfor830/
Carford7795/
Carfore7713/
Carfour775/
Kharfar772/
Karfarh771/
Carfort770/
Quarford7154/
Quarfort711/
Qarforth711/
Carfford710/
Quarfordt6777/
Quarforth6731/
Corfor671/
Carfur671/
Carfar670/
Corford623/
Carfare622/
Karphur621/
Corfort620/
Corwford575/
Coorford570/
Corfford570/
Korfar5011/
Kerfar501/

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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 Karfor
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