Kafei Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Kafei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 27 | 1:2,843,797 | 88,363 |
| Benin | 10 | 1:1,033,560 | 48,353 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
The alternate forms: Kafeï (4) are calculated separately.
Kafei (1,937) may also be a first name.
Kafei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kafei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kafei is found in Iran more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Kafeï. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kafei? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kafei is the 2,746,821st most widespread surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 56 percent of Kafei live; 54 percent live in South Asia and 54 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 172,339th most commonly held first name throughout the world, borne by 1,937 people.
The last name is most widely held in Iran, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 2,843,797. In Iran it is mostly found in: Isfahan Province, where 74 percent are found, Tehran Province, where 22 percent are found and Fars Province, where 4 percent are found. Besides Iran it occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 20 percent are found and Brazil, where 12 percent are found.
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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 Kafei
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