Kerefu Surname
Approximately 310 people bear this surname
Kerefu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 301 | 1:175,886 | 15,352 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kerefu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kerefu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kerefu is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kerefu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 872,430th most commonly occurring last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 23,508,213 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kerefu reside; 97 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
Kerefu is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 301 people, or 1 in 175,886. In Tanzania Kerefu is most common in: Tanga Region, where 50 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 41 percent live and Arusha Region, where 3 percent live. Aside from Tanzania Kerefu exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 2 percent live and Uganda, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kerefou | 92 | 2 | / |
| Kereifou | 86 | 1 | / |
| Karefu | 83 | 49 | / |
| Kirefu | 83 | 15 | / |
| Kerafu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kareefu | 77 | 9 | / |
| Kareffu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Cherefou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Karifu | 67 | 18 | / |
| Karafu | 67 | 6 | / |
| Kirafu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kirifu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Karofu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kirofu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chirefu | 62 | 290 | / |
| Kharafu | 62 | 170 | / |
| Kirifou | 62 | 28 | / |
| Karifou | 62 | 1 | / |
| Cerifou | 62 | 1 | / |
| Cherifou | 57 | 1,422 | / |
| Kheryfoo | 57 | 4 | / |
| Kirrifou | 57 | 1 | / |
| Chirefui | 57 | 1 | / |
| Cheriffou | 53 | 47 | / |
| Cherijfou | 53 | 1 | / |
| Carafu | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Kerefu
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