Kafer Surname
Approximately 3,116 people bear this surname
Kafer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 1,630 | 1:131,334 | 4,995 |
| United States | 1,018 | 1:356,050 | 31,820 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| Paraguay | 116 | 1:62,386 | 1,695 |
| Australia | 58 | 1:465,443 | 35,949 |
| Canada | 36 | 1:1,023,489 | 76,466 |
| Russia | 22 | 1:6,551,048 | 261,263 |
| Germany | 21 | 1:3,833,593 | 163,016 |
| Argentina | 20 | 1:2,137,171 | 104,027 |
| Hungary | 12 | 1:818,023 | 42,199 |
| Croatia | 8 | 1:528,576 | 38,675 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 139 | 1:361,285 | 27,442 |
The alternate forms: Käfer (4,805) are calculated separately.
Kafer (172) may also be a first name.
Kafer Demographics
Average Kafer Salary in
United States
$45,534 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kafer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kafer Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kafer (Marathi: काफेर, Russian: Кафер) occurs more in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Käfer. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kafer? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 142,739th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 2,338,750 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 87 percent of Kafer live; 57 percent live in South America and 52 percent live in Luso-South America. It is also the 696,764th most numerous forename in the world, borne by 172 people.
The surname Kafer is most common in Brazil, where it is carried by 1,630 people, or 1 in 131,334. In Brazil Kafer is most prevalent in: Rio Grande do Sul, where 68 percent reside, Santa Catarina, where 16 percent reside and Paraná, where 7 percent reside. Excluding Brazil it occurs in 27 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 33 percent reside and Egypt, where 5 percent reside.
Kafer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Kafer has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kafer last name expanded 732 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Kafer Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Kafer are 31.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 85% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Kafer earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 5.53% more than the national average, earning $45,534 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.78% more than the national average, earning $54,544 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kafer Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kafer in the Marathi language | ||
| काफेर | kaphera | - |
| Kafer in the Russian language | ||
| Кафер | kafer | - |
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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 Kafer
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