Kolfe Surname

292,632nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,306 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Kolfe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kolfe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia1,2881:75,7357,282
Papua New Guinea161:509,60763,542
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Kolfe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kolfe is more commonly found in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kolfe? popularity and diffusion

Kolfe is the 292,632nd most common family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 5,580,050 people. Kolfe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kolfe are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa.

The last name is most prevalent in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 1,288 people, or 1 in 75,735. Aside from Ethiopia this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Koulfe9151/
Kolfee911/
Kollfe911/
Kolffe911/
Kolf891,475/
Koulfed8319/
Kolfeed830/
Kolff80625/
Kalfe80280/
Colfe8017/
Kolfa8012/
Koolf8010/
Kollf802/
Kolfi801/
Kolpf801/
Koulf801/
Colfer732,040/
Khalfe731,289/
Gkolfi73258/
Kholfi73198/
Kotlev7334/
Koulfa7330/
Kholfa736/
Kalfes735/
Koulfi732/
Kalfeh731/
Kolfai731/
Kulfes731/
Gkolfa731/
Kalfey731/
Koolfy731/
Kalfee731/
Kaulfe731/
Kalfie731/
Colfee730/
Colfie730/
Kalf671,459/
Colf67516/
Khalfey67188/
Khoulfi67153/
Colffer6733/
Kolv6717/
Kalfetz6712/
Kolgeev679/
Kolw677/
Collfer672/
Colfeer672/
Colffey671/
Khulfie671/
Kaulfer671/
Kalfesh671/
Kholfai671/
Coulfer671/
Khalfea671/
Kholffa671/
Kalfeis671/
Khoulfa671/
Koulfai671/
Gkoulfa671/
Khalfeh671/
Colferh670/

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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 Kolfe
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