Kufeni Surname

726,304th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 400 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Kufeni Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kufeni Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe3891:39,6876,130
Botswana41:546,73222,624
England21:27,859,030389,889
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
France11:66,422,722504,397
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Japan11:127,844,29373,547

Kufeni (388) may also be a first name.

Kufeni Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kufeni is found most in Zimbabwe. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kufeni? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 726,304th most commonly used last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 18,218,865 people. Kufeni occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kufeni live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 439,750th most frequently occurring given name in the world, held by 388 people.

The surname is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 389 people, or 1 in 39,687. In Zimbabwe Kufeni is most frequent in: Manicaland Province, where 53 percent reside, Masvingo Province, where 27 percent reside and Harare Province, where 10 percent reside. Beside Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Botswana, where 1 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kufeini921/
Kufena832/
Koufani773/
Kuffani771/
Kufener771/
Kufaani771/
Koufaini7110/
Khufaini719/
Kuffener717/
Khupheni712/
Khoufani711/
Kifani67876/
Kifene6712/
Kifini679/
Cufoni677/
Kufane674/
Kifoni673/
Cufene672/
Cufini671/

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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 Kufeni
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