Kafai Surname
Approximately 1,033 people bear this surname
Kafai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 864 | 1:88,869 | 8,946 |
| United States | 58 | 1:6,249,292 | 299,206 |
| Papua New Guinea | 26 | 1:313,604 | 42,091 |
| Liberia | 15 | 1:293,902 | 16,977 |
| Canada | 13 | 1:2,834,276 | 161,175 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Hong Kong | 9 | 1:815,054 | 3,802 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
The alternate forms: Kafaï (2) are calculated separately.
Kafai (130) may also be a first name.
Kafai Demographics
Average Kafai Salary in
United States
$51,792 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kafai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kafai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kafai (Hindi: कफै) is more frequently found in Iran than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Kafaï. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kafai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 352,668th most frequent last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 7,054,740 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 85 percent of Kafai are found; 84 percent are found in South Asia and 84 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Kafai is also the 814,623rd most commonly occurring first name globally It is held by 130 people.
This last name is most numerous in Iran, where it is held by 864 people, or 1 in 88,869. In Iran it is primarily concentrated in: Tehran Province, where 36 percent reside, Razavi Khorasan Province, where 10 percent reside and Bushehr Province, where 10 percent reside. Beside Iran Kafai is found in 22 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 6 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent reside.
Kafai Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Kafai last name are 26.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 73.33% being registered with the party.
The amount Kafai earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 20.03% more than the national average, earning $51,792 USD per year and in Canada they earn 91.45% more than the national average, earning $95,120 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kafai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kafai in the Hindi language | ||
| कफै | kaphai | - |
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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 Kafai
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