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
Kafan (Hindi: काफान, Marathi: कफन, Russian: Кафан) is borne by more people in Iraq than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kafan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 669,375th most common surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 16,303,235 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 88 percent of Kafan are found; 73 percent are found in West Asia and 70 percent are found in Levant. Kafan is also the 821,896th most commonly used first name at a global level, held by 128 people.
Kafan is most frequent in Iraq, where it is carried by 314 people, or 1 in 111,534. Apart from Iraq this surname is found in 19 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 11 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 5 percent are found.
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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