Kifoti Surname

1,581,912th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 129 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Kifoti Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kifoti Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1071:494,78133,101
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Congo11:4,989,09634,171

Kifoti Last Name Facts

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

Kifoti is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kifoti? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,581,912th most commonly held last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 56,492,604 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kifoti live; 83 percent live in East Africa and 83 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

This surname is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is carried by 107 people, or 1 in 494,781. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Dodoma Region, where 99 percent are found and Iringa Region, where 1 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania Kifoti occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 16 percent are found and The Congo, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kifouti9256/
Kifooti922/
Kifuti83194/
Kifota83111/
Kifouta776/
Kifouty774/
Kifoute771/
Kaifati771/
Khifati771/
Ciffotti7116/
Kifuta67687/
Kifute67420/
Kifata67124/
Kefuti6724/
Kufati6717/
Kufote678/
Kifete674/
Cifati671/

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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
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  • 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 Kifoti
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