Kuffour Surname

56,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,963 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Kuffour Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kuffour Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana8,6591:3,121485
United States1531:2,369,013146,433
England921:605,63136,119
Canada201:1,842,280119,096
Belgium91:1,277,40587,318
Austria71:1,216,49180,919
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Trinidad and Tobago21:681,98817,017
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Kuffour (1,417) may also be a first name.

Kuffour Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kuffour is held by more people in Ghana than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kuffour? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 56,555th most frequent family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 813,070 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Kuffour reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kuffour is also the 207,436th most commonly held first name globally, held by 1,417 people.

This last name is most widespread in Ghana, where it is carried by 8,659 people, or 1 in 3,121. Without taking into account Ghana this last name occurs in 17 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Kuffour Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Kuffour surname are 22.96% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 76.19% registered with the political party.

The amount Kuffour earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 16.91% less than the national average, earning $35,851 USD per year and in Canada they earn 52.23% less than the national average, earning $23,735 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kuffor92769/
Kufour92595/
Kuffur922/
Kuffuor861,082/
Kuffort862/
Kouffor861/
Keuffur860/
Kufor83440/
Kufur8318/
Cauffour809/
Kaufford804/
Kufuor772,364/
Kufure7741/
Kuffar7719/
Kufort7710/
Keufor774/
Kufore772/
Kuifor771/
Kauffeurt751/
Cufford7186/
Caufour7134/
Kuffart7122/
Kuforova6720/
Kufar677/
Kufár672/
Couffort672/
Kuffarth671/
Kausford670/

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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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  • 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 Kuffour
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