Nkifu Surname
Approximately 119 people bear this surname
Nkifu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 118 | 1:448,658 | 31,304 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Nkifu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkifu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nkifu is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkifu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nkifu is the 1,666,404th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 61,239,882 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkifu reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Nkifu is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 118 people, or 1 in 448,658. In Tanzania Nkifu is primarily found in: Singida Region, where 99 percent reside and Iringa Region, where 1 percent reside. Besides Tanzania this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Nkifu
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