Kefie Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Kefie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kefie (32) may also be a first name.
Kefie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kefie Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kefie is held by more people in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Kefie.
How Common Is The Last Name Kefie? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,213,395th most commonly held family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Kefie live; 64 percent live in East Africa and 64 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Kefie is also the 1,840,253rd most frequent first name globally, held by 32 people.
The surname Kefie is most frequently held in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 10,838,474. Other than Ethiopia this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 14 percent are found and Malaysia, where 7 percent are found.
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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 Kefie
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