Khafo Surname
Approximately 161 people bear this surname
Khafo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 155 | 1:13,113 | 2,903 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
Khafo (111) may also be a first name.
Khafo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Khafo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Khafo is borne by more people in Lesotho than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Khafo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Khafo is the 1,369,340th most common family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 45,264,260 people. The last name Khafo is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Khafo live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Khafo is also the 890,531st most commonly used first name at a global level, borne by 111 people.
The last name is most frequent in Lesotho, where it is borne by 155 people, or 1 in 13,113. In Lesotho it is mostly found in: Mohale's Hoek District, where 28 percent live, Mafeteng District, where 20 percent live and Thaba-Tseka District, where 19 percent live. Barring Lesotho Khafo occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 1 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.
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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 Khafo
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