Kekefe Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Kekefe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
Kekefe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kekefe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kekefe is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Kekefe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kekefe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kekefe is the 4,772,636th most numerous last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kekefe are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 88 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Kekefe is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 11,809,517. In Nigeria Kekefe is mostly concentrated in: Delta, where 73 percent live, Rivers, where 20 percent live and Ekiti, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 6 percent live and Ethiopia, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kekef | 91 | 0 | / |
| Keukeufe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kekeev | 83 | 428 | / |
| Kekefa | 83 | 23 | / |
| Kokefe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kekefi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kiekhoefe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Keckhefer | 80 | 1 | / |
| Keekhefer | 80 | 0 | / |
| Keukeuf | 77 | 2 | / |
| Kakefee | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kechefe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kieckhoefe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kecef | 73 | 78 | / |
| Kekev | 73 | 27 | / |
| Kekew | 73 | 1 | / |
| Khekheev | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kekeva | 67 | 102 | / |
| Kokofe | 67 | 63 | / |
| Kekiev | 67 | 36 | / |
| Kickhefer | 67 | 20 | / |
| Ketkew | 67 | 5 | / |
| Kedkew | 67 | 2 | / |
| Keekew | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kockoefei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kikafe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kakofe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Keacef | 67 | 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
- 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 Kekefe
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