Kifaru Surname
Approximately 3,441 people bear this surname
Kifaru Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 3,380 | 1:15,663 | 2,035 |
| Uganda | 56 | 1:697,130 | 35,026 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kifaru (62) may also be a first name.
Kifaru Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kifaru Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kifaru occurs most in Tanzania. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kifaru? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kifaru is the 131,390th most numerous last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 2,117,857 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kifaru reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Kifaru is also the 1,246,114th most frequently used forename in the world, borne by 62 people.
It is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is carried by 3,380 people, or 1 in 15,663. In Tanzania it is most common in: Ruvuma Region, where 64 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 10 percent reside and Morogoro Region, where 4 percent reside. Other than Tanzania this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 2 percent reside and Kenya, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Kifaru
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