Cafas Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Cafas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Cafas (22) may also be a first name.
Cafas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cafas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Cafas occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Cafas.
How Common Is The Last Name Cafas? popularity and diffusion
The surname Cafas is the 8,968,613th most commonly used surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. Cafas is primarily found in Africa, where 50 percent of Cafas reside; 50 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Cafas is also the 2,301,746th most frequent first name at a global level, held by 22 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria it is most common in: Adamawa, where 50 percent reside and Niger, where 50 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria Cafas is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Norway, where 25 percent reside and The Philippines, where 25 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 Cafas
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