Kafayat Surname

464,720th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 725 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Kafayat Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kafayat Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria5161:343,30018,611
Pakistan1351:1,323,28815,208
Iran501:1,535,65060,563
India71:109,580,769786,157
England61:9,286,343223,652
Qatar61:393,00055,922
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Kafayat (110,565) may also be a first name.

Kafayat Last Name Facts

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

Kafayat (Hindi: कफायत) is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kafayat? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 464,720th most frequently held last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,051,787 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 71 percent of Kafayat reside; 71 percent reside in West Africa and 71 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 9,294th most commonly occurring given name internationally. It is borne by 110,565 people.

This last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 516 people, or 1 in 343,300. In Nigeria Kafayat is mostly found in: Lagos, where 27 percent are found, Oyo, where 17 percent are found and Ogun, where 17 percent are found. Barring Nigeria it is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 19 percent are found and Iran, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Khafayat933/
Kaifayat931/
Kafayath931/
Kaffayat931/
Kaafayat931/
Kafayt922/
Kefayat86199/
Kafiyat8612/
Kafayet867/
Kafaiat867/
Kafyyat862/
Qafayat861/
Kafayut861/
Kafayad861/
Kafayit861/
Kafayot861/
Kofayat861/
Keefayat803/
Kafaet77348/
Kafait77198/
Qafayt771/
Kefayet71455/
Kafiyatova7112/
Kefiyat718/
Kafaiet711/
Kofiyat711/
Khafiyatova6724/
Kephayat6720/

Kafayat Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kafayat in the Hindi language
कफायतkaphayata-

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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 Kafayat
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