Kifilu Surname
Approximately 1,718 people bear this surname
Kifilu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 1,449 | 1:67,320 | 6,648 |
| DR Congo | 267 | 1:276,703 | 25,802 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kifilu (54) may also be a first name.
Kifilu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kifilu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kifilu is borne by more people in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kifilu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 234,472nd most common family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 4,241,878 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kifilu live; 84 percent live in East Africa and 84 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 1,350,955th most commonly used forename at a global level. It is borne by 54 people.
This surname is most widely held in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 1,449 people, or 1 in 67,320. Other than Ethiopia Kifilu is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 16 percent reside and Ghana, 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 Kifilu
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