Kwafo Surname

122,453rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,734 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Kwafo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kwafo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana3,6711:7,361992
England261:2,143,00282,017
United States201:18,122,947588,089
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Kwafo (19) may also be a first name.

Kwafo Last Name Facts

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

Kwafo is more frequently found in Ghana than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kwafo? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 122,453rd most prevalent surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 1,951,673 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kwafo are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most frequently used first name worldwide. It is borne by 19 people.

The last name Kwafo is most frequently held in Ghana, where it is carried by 3,671 people, or 1 in 7,361. Besides Ghana this last name is found in 13 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Kwafo Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Kwafo surname are 33.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 80% registered to vote for the political party.

Kwafo earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.78% more than the national average, earning $43,485 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kwaffo91278/
Kwaafo919/
Kwafgo911/
Kwafa8054/
Kwefo809/
Kwaifa7334/
Kwaffa7312/
Kweffo732/
Kwefou732/
Kuaffo731/
Ngwaffo678/
Gwaffod671/
Ngwafoh671/
Ngwafuo671/
Gwafooa671/

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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 Kwafo
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