Kwefi Surname

2,020,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 86 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Kwefi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kwefi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon821:253,28124,740
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618

Kwefi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kwefi is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kwefi? popularity and diffusion

Kwefi is the 2,020,555th most frequent last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 84,738,906 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Kwefi are found; 95 percent are found in Central Africa and 95 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.

It is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is held by 82 people, or 1 in 253,281. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 62 percent live, Southwest Region, where 35 percent live and Centre Region, where 1 percent live. Outside of Cameroon it is found in one country. It is also common in Indonesia, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kwefih9114/
Kweffi912/
Nkwefi911/
Kweifio8319/
Kwafi80106/
Kwofi803/
Kwefa803/
Kwefe801/
Kwefy801/
Kuefi801/
Kwofie7324,553/
Kwaifi7352/
Kwefeu732/
Kwehfa731/
Ngwefi731/
Kwefet731/
Kwefee731/
Kwoffie67352/
Kwaifii6739/
Ngweffi671/

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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 Kwefi
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