Kaufa Surname
Approximately 870 people bear this surname
Kaufa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 784 | 1:21,836 | 3,343 |
| Papua New Guinea | 38 | 1:214,572 | 29,580 |
| Indonesia | 25 | 1:5,289,968 | 246,176 |
| Zimbabwe | 19 | 1:812,539 | 55,590 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Kaufa (23) may also be a first name.
Kaufa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kaufa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kaufa is carried by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaufa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 403,243rd most frequent last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 8,376,490 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Kaufa reside; 92 percent reside in Southern Africa and 92 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Kaufa is also the 2,239,265th most frequent first name worldwide. It is borne by 23 people.
The surname Kaufa is most frequent in Malawi, where it is held by 784 people, or 1 in 21,836. Besides Malawi this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent live and Indonesia, where 3 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 Kaufa
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