Kenfu Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Kenfu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kenfu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia91:10,838,47414,518
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
England11:55,718,059489,080
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147

Kenfu (1,522) may also be a first name.

Kenfu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kenfu is held by more people in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kenfu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,057,639th most prevalent last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 67 percent of Kenfu are found; 60 percent are found in East Africa and 60 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. Kenfu is also the 198,959th most common given name world-wide, held by 1,522 people.

The last name Kenfu is most common in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 10,838,474. Outside of Ethiopia this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 13 percent reside and Cameroon, where 7 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kenfou9147/
Kenfeu912/
Knfu891/
Keunfou834/
Kenffou831/
Kinfu809,291/
Kemfu802/
Kenfouch771/
Chenfu73155/
Kinfui733/
Kemfeu732/
Kinfou732/
Kemfus730/
Kühnfuß672/
Kenphut671/
Cnfu671/
Qnfu671/
Khnfous671/
Chenfouh629/
Kimfu604/
Qunfu603/
Qinfu602/
Cemfu601/
Chemfu5511/
Kinfoo552/
Chinfu552/
Kimfui551/

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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 Kenfu
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