Kufu Surname

1,565,797th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 131 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Namibia
Highest density in:
Namibia

Kufu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kufu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Namibia651:37,0685,192
Nigeria251:7,085,710162,099
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Papua New Guinea141:582,40870,330
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kufu (271) may also be a first name.

Kufu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kufu (Bengali: কুফু) is found most frequently in Namibia. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Kufu.

How Common Is The Last Name Kufu? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,565,797th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 55,630,121 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 85 percent of Kufu live; 50 percent live in Southern Africa and 50 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 540,009th most frequent first name world-wide It is held by 271 people.

The surname Kufu is most commonly occurring in Namibia, where it is held by 65 people, or 1 in 37,068. In Namibia it is most prevalent in: Ohangwena Region, where 80 percent are found and Oshana Region, where 20 percent are found. Beside Namibia this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 19 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 16 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kufeu8959/
Kaufu8929/
Khufu8926/
Kuifu8921/
Kufau8918/
Kufuu8910/
Kutfu895/
Koufu892/
Kufuß891/
Kufuh891/
Keufu891/
Kufui891/
Kupfu891/
Koufou80938/
Kuhfuß80666/
Kuhfus8068/
Kaupfu8067/
Keufeu8038/
Kuffou8028/
Koufeu8020/
Khupfu8018/
Kuefeu8011/
Keufou803/
Kuefou803/
Kufuss802/
Kouffu801/
Kaufui801/
Kuhfuz800/
Kaufus800/
Kuffus800/
Kifu751,620/
Cufu754/
Kuhfuhs7328/
Kouffeu7313/
Koufous733/
Koufuth731/
Kouffou731/
Kkoufou731/
Kiefu6751/
Kifuh6736/
Kuphu6712/
Kifui672/
Kuffó672/
Kifuu672/
Cuifu671/
Khoufout671/
Keuhfuss671/
Cufud670/
Cufut670/
Cuffu670/

Kufu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kufu in the Bengali language
কুফুkuphu-

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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
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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 Kufu
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