Kufigwa Surname
Approximately 150 people bear this surname
Kufigwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Botswana | 149 | 1:14,677 | 2,860 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Kufigwa (27) may also be a first name.
Kufigwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kufigwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kufigwa is most common in Botswana. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kufigwa? popularity and diffusion
Kufigwa is the 1,434,893rd most commonly used last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 48,583,639 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kufigwa reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Kufigwa is also the 2,036,353rd most widely held given name in the world, borne by 27 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Botswana, where it is borne by 149 people, or 1 in 14,677. Apart from Botswana Kufigwa occurs in one country. It is also found in Tanzania, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kufiaga | 86 | 2 | / |
| Kufig | 83 | 4 | / |
| Kafoigwa | 80 | 14 | / |
| Kofoigwa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kufika | 77 | 78 | / |
| Kafiga | 77 | 15 | / |
| Kofiga | 77 | 4 | / |
| Kufuga | 77 | 2 | / |
| Khufig | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kofigah | 71 | 1,049 | / |
| Kofiaga | 71 | 137 | / |
| Kavugwa | 71 | 90 | / |
| Kivugwa | 71 | 60 | / |
| Kifikwa | 71 | 48 | / |
| Kuvugwa | 71 | 10 | / |
| Kafiaga | 71 | 7 | / |
| Kafikwa | 71 | 5 | / |
| Kifugwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Koffiga | 71 | 1 | / |
| Koufika | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kufogah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Koufougawa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Koufega | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gufigau | 71 | 0 | / |
| Kufka | 67 | 220 | / |
| Kfaga | 67 | 13 | / |
| Käfig | 67 | 10 | / |
| Kufik | 67 | 7 | / |
| Kafig | 67 | 6 | / |
| Kafga | 67 | 2 | / |
| Koffigah | 67 | 2 | / |
| Koueviga | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cfiga | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kufki | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kifig | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kfigg | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gufga | 67 | 0 | / |
| Kufukua | 57 | 1 | / |
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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 Kufigwa
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