Kafaliev Surname

2,061,309th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 83 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bulgaria
Highest density in:
Bulgaria

Kafaliev Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kafaliev Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bulgaria751:93,0525,661
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155

Kafaliev Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kafaliev is borne by more people in Bulgaria than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Kafaliev.

How Common Is The Last Name Kafaliev? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,061,309th most common surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 87,801,758 people. The last name Kafaliev is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Kafaliev reside; 90 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 90 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

The last name is most common in Bulgaria, where it is held by 75 people, or 1 in 93,052. In Bulgaria it is most frequent in: Plovdiv Province, where 48 percent are found, Burgas Province, where 16 percent are found and Sofia City Province, where 11 percent are found. Apart from Bulgaria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 8 percent are found and Denmark, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kafalova7545/
Kefalew6725/
Kofelev676/
Kotfalieff671/
Cafelev671/
Cafalova635/
Cafailova594/
Khafalouf592/
Kefelew531,776/
Keffelew5019/

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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 Kafaliev
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