Kuafe Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Kuafe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kuafe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Kuafe Last Name Facts

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

Kuafe is found most in Papua New Guinea. It can be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kuafe? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 10,311,814th most widely held surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This last name is predominantly found in Oceania, where 67 percent of Kuafe are found; 67 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 67 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.

The surname Kuafe is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 4,076,858. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: East Sepik, where 50 percent reside and Eastern Highlands, where 50 percent reside. Other than Papua New Guinea this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 33 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kuafeu9199/
Kuafer911/
Kuaf891/
Kwafe8015/
Kuafi803/
Quafe803/
Guafe801/
Kuafa801/
Kuaff800/
Kuhaffer770/
Quaife731,160/
Kuofie73741/
Kwafer731/
Guafer731/
Kuafio731/
Kuafha731/
Kuapff730/
Guaf6745/
Kuhaifi6710/
Kuaphet678/
Kuaw673/
Kwaf673/
Quaf673/
Kuav673/
Guahfer671/
Kwafhie671/
Quaifes670/
Quaiffe670/

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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 Kuafe
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