Kafan Surname
Approximately 447 people bear this surname
Kafan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iraq | 314 | 1:111,534 | 3,223 |
| Philippines | 51 | 1:1,985,063 | 118,763 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Turkey | 12 | 1:6,485,118 | 119,359 |
| Czechia | 11 | 1:966,679 | 76,885 |
| Slovakia | 8 | 1:667,056 | 68,191 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Kafan (128) may also be a first name.
Kafan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kafan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kafan (Hindi: काफान, Marathi: कफन, Russian: Кафан) is carried by more people in Iraq than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kafan? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 669,375th most widely held surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 16,303,235 people. The last name Kafan is mostly found in Asia, where 88 percent of Kafan live; 73 percent live in West Asia and 70 percent live in Levant. Kafan is also the 821,896th most common forename at a global level, borne by 128 people.
The surname Kafan is most commonly held in Iraq, where it is held by 314 people, or 1 in 111,534. Beside Iraq this last name is found in 19 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 11 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kafan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kafan in the Hindi language | ||
| काफान | kaphana | - |
| Kafan in the Marathi language | ||
| कफन | kaphana | - |
| Kafan in the Russian language | ||
| Кафан | kafan | - |
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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 Kafan
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