Kafaoğlu Surname
Approximately 676 people bear this surname
Kafaoğlu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 656 | 1:118,630 | 9,926 |
| Northern Cyprus | 20 | 1:15,951 | 4,166 |
The alternate forms: Kafaoglu (29) are calculated separately.
Kafaoğlu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kafaoğlu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kafaoğlu is held by more people in Turkey than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Kafaoglu. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kafaoğlu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 490,085th most commonly used family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 10,780,393 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 77 percent of Kafaoğlu live; 77 percent live in West Asia and 77 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.
The surname Kafaoğlu is most commonly held in Turkey, where it is carried by 656 people, or 1 in 118,630. In Turkey it is most prevalent in: Hatay Province, where 26 percent are found, Tekirdag Province, where 18 percent are found and Ankara Province, where 10 percent are found. Barring Turkey this surname exists in one country. It is also common in Northern Cyprus, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kafaoglu | 96 | 29 | / |
| Kaffaoğlu | 94 | 22 | / |
| Kafoğlu | 93 | 25 | / |
| Kaffaoglu | 82 | 3 | / |
| Kofoğlu | 80 | 301 | / |
| Çafoğlu | 80 | 259 | / |
| Kefoğlu | 80 | 75 | / |
| Çufaoğlu | 75 | 137 | / |
| Keyfoğlu | 75 | 78 | / |
| Küfeoğlu | 75 | 12 | / |
| Cavaoğlu | 75 | 8 | / |
| Küfioğlu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Keyifoğlu | 71 | 15 | / |
| Kayafoglu | 71 | 13 | / |
| Kaffoglou | 71 | 4 | / |
| Kavakollu | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kafouoglu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kafkala | 67 | 104 | / |
| Kavoglu | 67 | 85 | / |
| Kafkali | 67 | 5 | / |
| Kefoglu | 67 | 3 | / |
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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 Kafaoğlu
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