Qefate Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Qefate Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Qefate Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho161:127,03512,091
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Qefate (31) may also be a first name.

Qefate Last Name Facts

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

The last name Qefate is held by more people in Lesotho than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Qefate? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,772,636th most common surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The surname Qefate occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Qefate are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Qefate is also the 1,874,099th most commonly held given name worldwide, borne by 31 people.

The last name Qefate is most commonly occurring in Lesotho, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 127,035. In Lesotho Qefate is most prevalent in: Quthing District, where 69 percent are found and Maseru District, where 31 percent are found. Besides Lesotho it is found in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Qeafate922/
Quefateh861/
Kefate831/
Quefatieh804/
Qeefata771/
Kefat735/
Kiefat67126/
Kafate6711/
Keffat679/
Qafati673/
Chefat673/
Kefete672/
Kofate671/
Quefatish671/
Kefeather670/

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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 Qefate
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