Kafi Surname
Approximately 73,237 people bear this surname
Kafi Surname Definition:
Kafi is a surname of the Bemba tribe, meaning: spitting cobra.
Kafi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 21,538 | 1:7,399 | 662 |
| Sudan | 18,760 | 1:1,999 | 285 |
| Algeria | 12,221 | 1:3,161 | 430 |
| Iran | 7,383 | 1:10,400 | 1,396 |
| Iraq | 2,363 | 1:14,821 | 994 |
| Nigeria | 1,644 | 1:107,751 | 7,209 |
| Indonesia | 1,565 | 1:84,504 | 8,886 |
| Somalia | 1,470 | 1:9,151 | 666 |
| Morocco | 1,261 | 1:27,340 | 4,350 |
| DR Congo | 1,108 | 1:66,678 | 7,870 |
| Saudi Arabia | 835 | 1:36,953 | 5,288 |
| Kenya | 510 | 1:90,549 | 8,135 |
| Egypt | 458 | 1:200,733 | 14,525 |
| India | 381 | 1:2,013,295 | 68,939 |
| France | 333 | 1:199,468 | 31,013 |
| Pakistan | 322 | 1:554,795 | 9,135 |
| South Africa | 248 | 1:218,458 | 22,930 |
| United States | 161 | 1:2,251,298 | 140,756 |
| Papua New Guinea | 88 | 1:92,656 | 12,367 |
| Turkey | 76 | 1:1,023,966 | 46,041 |
| Canada | 50 | 1:736,912 | 58,785 |
| Liberia | 46 | 1:95,838 | 7,727 |
| Malaysia | 39 | 1:756,262 | 35,302 |
| England | 38 | 1:1,466,265 | 63,675 |
| Belgium | 38 | 1:302,543 | 35,124 |
| Tunisia | 37 | 1:16,503 | 2,651 |
| Afghanistan | 29 | 1:1,108,730 | 10,128 |
| Cameroon | 25 | 1:830,763 | 57,125 |
| Niger | 23 | 1:834,436 | 19,133 |
| Israel | 21 | 1:407,506 | 32,346 |
| Germany | 21 | 1:3,833,593 | 163,016 |
| Sweden | 16 | 1:615,422 | 45,338 |
| South Sudan | 16 | 1:713,442 | 947 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| United Arab Emirates | 12 | 1:763,523 | 25,625 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| Benin | 8 | 1:1,291,950 | 54,095 |
| Syria | 5 | 1:3,860,204 | 11,832 |
| Mauritania | 5 | 1:818,973 | 23,459 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Swaziland | 4 | 1:324,550 | 996 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
Kafi (27,673) may also be a first name.
Kafi Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Kafi is a surname of the Bemba tribe, meaning: spitting cobra.
Kafi Demographics
Kafi Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kafi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kafi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kafi (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﻓﻲ, Hindi: काफी) is held by more people in Bangladesh than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kafi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 7,750th most commonly occurring surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 99,506 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 52 percent of Kafi reside; 45 percent reside in North Africa and 40 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Kafi is also the 29,636th most commonly occurring first name on earth It is held by 27,673 people.
The last name is most common in Bangladesh, where it is carried by 21,538 people, or 1 in 7,399. Barring Bangladesh this surname is found in 72 countries. It is also found in Sudan, where 26 percent live and Algeria, where 17 percent live.
Kafi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Kafi surname is predominantly Christian (86%) in Kenya, Shiite (50%) in Lebanon and Christian (72%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Kafi surname are 26.08% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 79.31% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Kafi earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 52.17% less than the national average, earning R 113,664 per year; in United States they earn 11.94% more than the national average, earning $48,302 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.24% less than the national average, earning $44,098 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kafi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kafi in the Hindi language | ||
| काफी | kaphi | 81.15 |
| कफी | kaphi | 18.03 |
| कफि | kaphi | 0.82 |
| Kafi in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺎﻓﻲ | kafy | 50 |
| ﺍﻟﻜﺎﻓﻲ | alkafy | 50 |
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