Keffa Surname
Approximately 1,328 people bear this surname
Keffa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 758 | 1:22,585 | 3,433 |
| Ivory Coast | 419 | 1:55,063 | 3,316 |
| Ethiopia | 49 | 1:1,990,740 | 8,024 |
| Liberia | 43 | 1:102,524 | 8,134 |
| Kenya | 23 | 1:2,007,822 | 36,224 |
| Benin | 10 | 1:1,033,560 | 48,353 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Keffa (1,423) may also be a first name.
Keffa Demographics
Keffa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Keffa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Keffa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Keffa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻔﻪ, Russian: Кеффа) occurs most in Malawi. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Keffa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Keffa is the 288,746th most frequently held last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 5,487,610 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Keffa are found; 57 percent are found in Southern Africa and 57 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 206,897th most common first name at a global level, held by 1,423 people.
It is most numerous in Malawi, where it is held by 758 people, or 1 in 22,585. Other than Malawi it is found in 18 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 32 percent are found and Ethiopia, where 4 percent are found.
Keffa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Keffa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Keffa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻔﻪ | kfh | - |
| Keffa in the Russian language | ||
| Кеффа | keffa | - |
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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 Keffa
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