Kafas Surname

406,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 861 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Cyprus

Kafas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kafas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4211:420,76721,816
Egypt1221:753,57238,342
Turkey991:786,07538,740
Greece931:119,13820,020
Cyprus671:13,2071,526
Indonesia201:6,612,460283,723
Iran101:7,678,252153,484
England61:9,286,343223,652
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Albania21:1,457,02824,967
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521

Kafas (710) may also be a first name.

Kafas Last Name Facts

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

Kafas is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Kafas click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kafas? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 406,613th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 8,464,049 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 63 percent of Kafas reside; 49 percent reside in West Africa and 49 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kafas is also the 309,966th most prevalent first name globally It is held by 710 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 421 people, or 1 in 420,767. In Nigeria Kafas is most numerous in: Taraba, where 23 percent are found, Adamawa, where 23 percent are found and Bauchi, where 14 percent are found. Barring Nigeria Kafas is found in 18 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 14 percent are found and Turkey, where 11 percent are found.

Kafas Last Name Statistics demography

Kafas earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 19.5% more than the national average, earning $51,562 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kafash917,664/
Kaffas91294/
Kaifas91258/
Khafas9139/
Kkafas9127/
Kajfas9122/
Kasfas9121/
Gkafas914/
Kaafas914/
Keafas913/
Kafase912/
Kafais911/
Kafaus911/
Kafays911/
Kaefas911/
Kayfas911/
Kahfas911/
Khafash83996/
Kajfasz83512/
Kafashe83326/
Kaffash83183/
Kafashh8339/
Kafhash836/
Kaffass834/
Kaifasz833/
Kayfasz831/
Kkasfas831/
Katfasz831/
Kafatse831/
Kahfass831/
Khaffas831/
Kefas8018,348/
Kofas8038/
Qafas8026/
Cafas804/
Kafaz803/
Kafos802/
Khaffash771/
Khafaise771/
Qaffas732,255/
Koffas73349/
Gkofas73292/
Keffas73208/
Koufas73105/
Kotfas7395/
Caffas7323/
Keifas7322/
Kaifos7322/
Khafaz7320/
Caifas7311/
Kaufax7310/
Keefas735/
Khefas734/
Kaffaz734/
Kefass733/
Kaface733/
Qafase732/
Qafais732/
Kafous732/
Kafose731/
Kaphas731/
Qafass731/
Cafass731/
Qafash731/
Kofasz731/
Kajfos731/
Kaifás731/
Kopfas731/
Kofase731/
Khofas731/
Cafeas731/
Khafhashh711/
Khafaiseh711/
Gkoufas67241/
Kajfosz67204/
Kaiphas6749/
Kousfas6735/
Kaphase6725/
Kafouse6715/
Kaufeis6714/
Kaifosz678/
Kaifosh677/
Khafach675/
Khafous674/
Koufass674/
Khofash673/
Kafoush672/
Khafoos671/
Kaafous671/
Kafachh671/
Kotfass671/
Koufash671/

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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 Kafas
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