Kefe Surname
Approximately 779 people bear this surname
Kefe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 417 | 1:177,169 | 18,031 |
| Nigeria | 96 | 1:1,845,237 | 66,383 |
| Papua New Guinea | 94 | 1:86,742 | 11,495 |
| Turkey | 73 | 1:1,066,047 | 47,221 |
| Indonesia | 63 | 1:2,099,194 | 130,130 |
| Iran | 9 | 1:8,531,392 | 160,212 |
| Benin | 8 | 1:1,291,950 | 54,095 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 22 | 1:2,282,667 | 111,005 |
Kefe (440) may also be a first name.
Kefe Demographics
Average Kefe Salary in
United States
$20,625 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kefe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kefe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kefe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻔﻪ) is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kefe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 439,664th most commonly held last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 9,355,001 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 68 percent of Kefe live; 54 percent live in Central Africa and 54 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Kefe is also the 408,694th most frequently used first name worldwide, held by 440 people.
It is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 417 people, or 1 in 177,169. Beside The DR Congo this surname exists in 16 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 12 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 12 percent are found.
Kefe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Kefe has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kefe last name fell 73 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kefe Last Name Statistics demography
Kefe earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 52.2% less than the national average, earning $20,625 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kefe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kefe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻔﻪ | kfh | 50 |
| ﻛﻒ | kf | 50 |
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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 Kefe
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