Calafa Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Calafa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 34 | 1:1,798,726 | 86,050 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
The alternate forms: Calafà (6) are calculated separately.
Calafa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Calafa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Calafa is borne by more people in Italy than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant: Calafà. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Calafa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Calafa is the 3,017,195th most commonly held last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 81 percent of Calafa live; 81 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 81 percent live in Italic Europe.
The surname is most numerous in Italy, where it is held by 34 people, or 1 in 1,798,726. In Italy it is primarily found in: Veneto, where 53 percent live, Emilia-Romagna, where 15 percent live and Lombardy, where 15 percent live. Aside from Italy it is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 5 percent live and The United States, where 5 percent live.
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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 Calafa
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