Kafala Surname
Approximately 147 people bear this surname
Kafala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Libya | 36 | 1:173,444 | 826 |
| Angola | 16 | 1:1,686,826 | 3,823 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Bulgaria | 7 | 1:996,986 | 34,534 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Kafala (144) may also be a first name.
Kafala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kafala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kafala (Marathi: काफला, Russian: Кафала) is found in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kafala? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,453,389th most frequently held family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 49,575,142 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 73 percent of Kafala reside; 33 percent reside in Central Africa and 33 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 769,375th most frequently occurring first name on earth, held by 144 people.
Kafala is most frequently used in The DR Congo, where it is held by 48 people, or 1 in 1,539,158. Outside of The DR Congo this last name is found in 21 countries. It is also common in Libya, where 24 percent reside and Angola, where 11 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kafala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kafala in the Marathi language | ||
| काफला | kaphala | - |
| Kafala in the Russian language | ||
| Кафала | kafala | - |
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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 Kafala
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