Cafton Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Moldova

Cafton Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cafton Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Moldova21:1,780,68455,103
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Cafton Last Name Facts

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

The last name Cafton is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Cafton? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 7,117,718th most widespread surname in the world, held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name Cafton is primarily found in The Americas, where 71 percent of Cafton live; 71 percent live in North America and 71 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 72,491,787. In The United States Cafton is most common in: Washington, where 40 percent live, New York, where 20 percent live and Texas, where 20 percent live. Apart from The United States Cafton occurs in one country. It is also found in Moldova, where 29 percent live.

Cafton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Cafton has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 250 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chafton9277/
Scafton921/
Chaufton8624/
Chaftoun861/
Kafton83313/
Cawton8376/
Caftan8345/
Safton8326/
Cofton8313/
Zafton8313/
Cawthon773,824/
Caphton7724/
Zaftone774/
Zaftoon771/
Coifton771/
Saftoon771/
Cuifton771/
Cavthon771/
Scawthon7112/
Khaftoon711/
Cawthotn711/
Cawthone710/
Kaftan675,710/
Cowton67677/
Saftan6783/
Kofton6743/
Zaftonova6738/
Kaftonova6726/
Qaftan6710/
Zavton679/
Kaftun675/
Jaftan673/
Coftun673/
Softon672/
Caftanova672/
Sawton671/
Ciavttone671/
Zofton671/
Scofftton671/
Cabtan671/
Zaftan671/
Kawton670/
Cawtan670/
Cobton670/

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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 Cafton
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