Kafayat Surname
Approximately 725 people bear this surname
Kafayat Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 516 | 1:343,300 | 18,611 |
| Pakistan | 135 | 1:1,323,288 | 15,208 |
| Iran | 50 | 1:1,535,650 | 60,563 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
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 borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kafayat? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 464,720th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,051,787 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 71 percent of Kafayat live; 71 percent live in West Africa and 71 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 9,294th most widely held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 110,565 people.
The surname Kafayat is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 516 people, or 1 in 343,300. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Lagos, where 27 percent are found, Oyo, where 17 percent are found and Ogun, where 17 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 19 percent are found and Iran, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Khafayat | 93 | 3 | / |
| Kaifayat | 93 | 1 | / |
| Kafayath | 93 | 1 | / |
| Kaffayat | 93 | 1 | / |
| Kaafayat | 93 | 1 | / |
| Kafayt | 92 | 2 | / |
| Kefayat | 86 | 199 | / |
| Kafiyat | 86 | 12 | / |
| Kafayet | 86 | 7 | / |
| Kafaiat | 86 | 7 | / |
| Kafyyat | 86 | 2 | / |
| Qafayat | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kafayut | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kafayad | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kafayit | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kafayot | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kofayat | 86 | 1 | / |
| Keefayat | 80 | 3 | / |
| Kafaet | 77 | 348 | / |
| Kafait | 77 | 198 | / |
| Qafayt | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kefayet | 71 | 455 | / |
| Kafiyatova | 71 | 12 | / |
| Kefiyat | 71 | 8 | / |
| Kafaiet | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kofiyat | 71 | 1 | / |
| Khafiyatova | 67 | 24 | / |
| Kephayat | 67 | 20 | / |
Kafayat Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kafayat in the Hindi language | ||
| कफायत | kaphayata | - |
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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 Kafayat
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