Kufur Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Kufur Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kufur Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria131:13,626,366237,812
Turkey51:15,564,284149,633

Kufur Last Name Facts

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

Kufur is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Kufur click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kufur? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,649,889th most commonly held last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 72 percent of Kufur reside; 72 percent reside in West Africa and 72 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Kufur is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 13,626,366. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Yobe, where 62 percent live, Benue, where 31 percent live and Rivers, where 8 percent live. Not including Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Turkey, where 28 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kufour91595/
Kufure9141/
Kuffur912/
Kuffour838,963/
Keuffur830/
Kufor80440/
Kifur801/
Kuffor73769/
Keufor734/
Cufeur733/
Kuifor731/
Kiffur731/
Kauffeurt711/
Caufour6734/
Kiffeur672/
Kouffor671/
Cauffour629/
Cutfurth621/
Caufor550/
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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 Kufur
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