Kefelew Surname

228,232nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,776 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Kefelew Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kefelew Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia1,7711:55,0805,737
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Kefelew (1,388) may also be a first name.

Kefelew Last Name Facts

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

Kefelew has its highest incidence in Ethiopia. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kefelew? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 228,232nd most prevalent family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 4,103,348 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kefelew live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Kefelew is also the 210,043rd most frequently occurring given name internationally, borne by 1,388 people.

This last name is most frequently used in Ethiopia, where it is held by 1,771 people, or 1 in 55,080. Excluding Ethiopia this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent reside and Belgium, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Keffelew9319/
Kifelew862,421/
Kefalew8625/
Kefylew862/
Kifelewe801/
Kefilev7118/
Kofelev716/
Kefileva6719/
Chefelev671/
Kafilev571/
Cafelev571/
Kifilev571/
Kefilova5310/
Kefylova533/
Kifelova531/

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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 Kefelew
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