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.

DNA test information

Kifoti Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
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

The surname Kifoti is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kifoti? popularity and diffusion

Kifoti is the 1,581,912th most frequent last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 56,492,604 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kifoti live; 83 percent live in East Africa and 83 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The last name Kifoti is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 107 people, or 1 in 494,781. In Tanzania Kifoti is mostly concentrated in: Dodoma Region, where 99 percent live and Iringa Region, where 1 percent live. Barring Tanzania it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 16 percent live and The Congo, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
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
  • 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 Kifoti
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