Kaffetzakis Surname
Approximately 74 people bear this surname
Kaffetzakis Surname User-submission:
Kaffetz is of Greek origin and comes from coffee makers who made coffee in fireplaces with wood or in dug-out holes in sand (in which case they used wood to build a fire in the sand hole). -akis is the last portion of the name.
Read More About This SurnameKaffetzakis Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 73 | 1:151,778 | 24,972 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Kaffetzakis Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Kaffetz is of Greek origin and comes from coffee makers who made coffee in fireplaces with wood or in dug-out holes in sand (in which case they used wood to build a fire in the sand hole). -akis is the last portion of the name. It comes from the island of Crete. So people were able to identify the people's last name from a place in Greece according to the ending of their last name.
- kaffetzakis_2017Kaffetzakis Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kaffetzakis Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kaffetzakis is found in Greece more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of Kaffetzakis click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaffetzakis? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,203,767th most frequent surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 98,480,350 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Kaffetzakis live; 99 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 99 percent live in Helleno-Europe.
The last name Kaffetzakis is most commonly held in Greece, where it is carried by 73 people, or 1 in 151,778. In Greece Kaffetzakis is mostly concentrated in: Crete, where 100 percent live. Excluding Greece Kaffetzakis exists in one country. It is also common in England, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kafetzakis | 95 | 193 | / |
| Kaffetzaki | 95 | 50 | / |
| Kaffezakis | 95 | 9 | / |
| Kafetzaki | 90 | 152 | / |
| Cafetzakis | 86 | 1 | / |
| Cafezakis | 80 | 22 | / |
| Kafetzakhe | 76 | 1 | / |
| Kavetskis | 70 | 3 | / |
| Kavatzikis | 67 | 52 | / |
| Cafatsakis | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kavetskas | 60 | 3 | / |
| Kouvoutsakis | 52 | 46 | / |
| Cafezaque | 50 | 5 | / |
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