Kifele Surname

67,191st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,409 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Kifele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kifele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia7,4051:13,1731,885
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Kifele (6,821) may also be a first name.

Kifele Last Name Facts

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

Kifele is found in Ethiopia more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Kifele.

How Common Is The Last Name Kifele? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 67,191st most frequent family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 983,607 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kifele live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 78,911th most commonly occurring first name world-wide It is held by 6,821 people.

The surname Kifele is most commonly used in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 7,405 people, or 1 in 13,173. Excluding Ethiopia this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent live and Sweden, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kifeile927/
Kifelie924/
Kifelee921/
Kifeley921/
Kifle91121,456/
Kefele838,545/
Kifile837,660/
Kiffle8332/
Kifale8312/
Kifela836/
Kifole835/
Kifleh834/
Kiflle834/
Kifeli833/
Kefelie7716/
Chifele7715/
Kefeler775/
Kifille771/
Kiffile771/
Kifilee771/
Kiofile771/
Kefeale771/
Keiffle770/
Kefle734,767/
Chifelea7126/
Chipfele717/
Chifehle711/
Kitfiled711/
Kitfeild711/
Kepfetle711/
Chifelhe711/
Kiffoile710/
Kitfoyle710/
Kefale6715,168/
Kefeli671,914/
Kefela671,819/
Kefile671,601/
Kifila67140/
Kufile67112/
Kifili6749/
Küfeli6745/
Kefely6721/
Kufeli6711/
Kufelj679/
Cifeli673/
Kifali671/
Cufele671/
Kephle671/
Kufale671/
Cifelh671/
Keffle671/
Kufole670/

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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 Kifele
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