Kafatou Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Kafatou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kafatou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece191:583,14770,237
Niger81:2,399,00243,750
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
England11:55,718,059489,080

Kafatou Last Name Facts

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

Kafatou is most common in Greece. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Kafatou click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kafatou? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,485,539th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 63 percent of Kafatou reside; 59 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 59 percent reside in Helleno-Europe.

This last name is most commonly used in Greece, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 583,147. In Greece it is most numerous in: Attica, where 79 percent live and Crete, where 21 percent live. Outside of Greece this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 25 percent live and The United States, where 9 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kaffatou9325/
Kafato9279/
Kafatu927/
Kafatos8638/
Keafato864/
Kaffatos8071/
Kafoutou808/
Cafaatou801/
Kafata77507/
Kafoto77226/
Cafato771/
Kaifoto717/
Kaphatu711/
Kaphato711/
Kafatas711/
Kafaata711/
Kafatiya67289/
Caffatos6713/
Kaphatoo671/
Caifatto671/
Kafaitiya631/
Kafota62209/
Cafata6216/
Kofata6213/
Kavatah577/
Kaphata575/
Qhafata571/
Kgofata571/
Qafatah571/
Koifata571/
Kofoteu571/
Kofatei571/
Khaphatha5045/

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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 Kafatou
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