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 last name Kafan (Hindi: काफान, Marathi: कफन, Russian: Кафан) is found most in Iraq. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kafan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 669,375th most frequently occurring family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 16,303,235 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 88 percent of Kafan live; 73 percent live in West Asia and 70 percent live in Levant. It is also the 821,896th most frequently held first name internationally, held by 128 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Iraq, where it is borne by 314 people, or 1 in 111,534. Aside from Iraq this last name occurs in 19 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 11 percent live and The DR Congo, where 5 percent live.
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
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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 Kafan
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