Kekefa Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Kekefa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| Solomon Islands | 7 | 1:82,861 | 15,196 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Kekefa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kekefa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kekefa occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kekefa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,116,508th most commonly used last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. The last name Kekefa occurs mostly in Oceania, where 96 percent of Kekefa reside; 96 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 65 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.
The surname is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 543,581. In Papua New Guinea Kekefa is most frequent in: Eastern Highlands, where 100 percent live. Barring Papua New Guinea Kekefa is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The Solomon Islands, where 30 percent live and Cameroon, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kekkefas | 86 | 4 | / |
| Kekefe | 83 | 17 | / |
| Kokefa | 83 | 13 | / |
| Kakefa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kekefi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ckakefa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Keadkeawfa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Keukeufe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kikifa | 67 | 65 | / |
| Kokofa | 67 | 15 | / |
| Kakafa | 67 | 15 | / |
| Kekafo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Keckhefer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Keekhefer | 67 | 0 | / |
| Keckefoth | 67 | 0 | / |
| Kokofai | 62 | 13 | / |
| Khakifa | 62 | 9 | / |
| Kechefe | 62 | 1 | / |
| Chekefi | 62 | 1 | / |
| Khakifah | 57 | 3 | / |
| Kickhefer | 53 | 20 | / |
| Kockoefei | 53 | 1 | / |
| Kakofo | 50 | 17 | / |
| Kokafo | 50 | 14 | / |
| Kokofo | 50 | 13 | / |
| Kakafo | 50 | 4 | / |
| Kacofa | 50 | 1 | / |
| Kickheffer | 50 | 0 | / |
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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
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- 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 Kekefa
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