Kafa Surname
Approximately 6,097 people bear this surname
Kafa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 2,623 | 1:29,669 | 3,278 |
| Malawi | 1,516 | 1:11,292 | 1,733 |
| Morocco | 341 | 1:101,103 | 17,469 |
| Syria | 238 | 1:81,097 | 3,187 |
| Nigeria | 207 | 1:855,762 | 37,544 |
| Lebanon | 135 | 1:41,756 | 3,774 |
| Solomon Islands | 134 | 1:4,329 | 523 |
| DR Congo | 109 | 1:677,794 | 49,381 |
| Papua New Guinea | 101 | 1:80,730 | 10,659 |
| Cameroon | 96 | 1:216,344 | 21,934 |
| Indonesia | 78 | 1:1,695,502 | 110,645 |
| Niger | 60 | 1:319,867 | 9,444 |
| Uganda | 48 | 1:813,318 | 38,363 |
| Greece | 34 | 1:325,876 | 46,418 |
| Cyprus | 34 | 1:26,026 | 2,877 |
| Iran | 33 | 1:2,326,743 | 78,121 |
| United Arab Emirates | 32 | 1:286,321 | 19,784 |
| South Africa | 27 | 1:2,006,582 | 90,678 |
| India | 24 | 1:31,961,058 | 386,265 |
| Northern Cyprus | 23 | 1:13,870 | 3,613 |
| Zimbabwe | 15 | 1:1,029,216 | 63,831 |
| Denmark | 14 | 1:403,194 | 27,097 |
| Brazil | 12 | 1:17,839,528 | 311,080 |
| Russia | 11 | 1:13,102,096 | 377,010 |
| Albania | 10 | 1:291,406 | 15,585 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Bulgaria | 9 | 1:775,434 | 29,551 |
| Netherlands | 9 | 1:1,876,353 | 85,467 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Venezuela | 7 | 1:4,314,868 | 39,591 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Israel | 7 | 1:1,222,519 | 68,299 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Argentina | 5 | 1:8,548,683 | 204,003 |
| Ukraine | 5 | 1:9,104,539 | 300,808 |
| Benin | 5 | 1:2,067,120 | 68,069 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 1:1,768,201 | 16,841 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
Kafa (5,136) may also be a first name.
Kafa Demographics
Kafa Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Kafa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kafa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kafa (Arabic: كافا, Hindi: काफा, Russian: Кафа) is borne by more people in Turkey than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kafa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 79,946th most widespread family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 1,195,267 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 48 percent of Kafa live; 46 percent live in West Asia and 39 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 94,618th most commonly used forename worldwide. It is borne by 5,136 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Turkey, where it is carried by 2,623 people, or 1 in 29,669. In Turkey Kafa is most numerous in: Kayseri Province, where 20 percent live, Istanbul Province, where 12 percent live and Balikesir Province, where 7 percent live. Excluding Turkey Kafa occurs in 67 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 25 percent live and Morocco, where 6 percent live.
Kafa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Kafa last name is chiefly Sunni (65%) in Lebanon.
Kafa earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 38.25% less than the national average, earning R 146,748 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kafa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kafa in the Hindi language | ||
| काफा | kapha | 66.67 |
| कफा | kapha | 33.33 |
| Kafa in the Russian language | ||
| Кафа | kafa | - |
| Kafa in the Arabic language | ||
| كافا | kafa | - |
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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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- 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 Kafa
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