Kafia Surname
Approximately 548 people bear this surname
Kafia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 362 | 1:493,491 | 8,574 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Papua New Guinea | 30 | 1:271,791 | 36,992 |
| Liberia | 28 | 1:157,448 | 11,209 |
| Turkey | 17 | 1:4,577,731 | 104,623 |
| Niger | 14 | 1:1,370,858 | 28,349 |
| Albania | 10 | 1:291,406 | 15,585 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
Kafia (9,704) may also be a first name.
Kafia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kafia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kafia (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﻓﻴﻪ, Hindi: काफिया, Marathi: कािफया) is most common in Pakistan. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kafia? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kafia is the 574,640th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 13,298,441 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 72 percent of Kafia reside; 68 percent reside in South Asia and 66 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Kafia is also the 62,512th most common forename worldwide It is held by 9,704 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Pakistan, where it is held by 362 people, or 1 in 493,491. In Pakistan Kafia is most frequent in: Balochistan, where 71 percent are found, Sindh, where 15 percent are found and Punjab, where 13 percent are found. Barring Pakistan it is found in 25 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 7 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kafiah | 91 | 52 | / |
| Kaffia | 91 | 33 | / |
| Khafia | 91 | 20 | / |
| Kaufia | 91 | 13 | / |
| Kaefia | 91 | 11 | / |
| Kafiha | 91 | 11 | / |
| Kaifia | 91 | 8 | / |
| Kaafia | 91 | 2 | / |
| Kafija | 91 | 2 | / |
| Kaefiah | 83 | 99 | / |
| Khafiah | 83 | 35 | / |
| Kafaiya | 83 | 9 | / |
| Kaifiat | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kaffiha | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kafegia | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kafayia | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kofia | 80 | 1,087 | / |
| Kefia | 80 | 639 | / |
| Qafia | 80 | 89 | / |
| Kafio | 80 | 13 | / |
| Kafya | 80 | 7 | / |
| Cafia | 80 | 6 | / |
| Kafja | 80 | 1 | / |
| Khaefiah | 77 | 9 | / |
| Khafijah | 77 | 2 | / |
| Kofiah | 73 | 212 | / |
| Khofia | 73 | 191 | / |
| Kaphia | 73 | 11 | / |
| Koffia | 73 | 8 | / |
| Kofiay | 73 | 5 | / |
| Keffia | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kaefio | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kafyah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kotfia | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kafioh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Khafja | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kaffio | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kaviah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Koofia | 73 | 1 | / |
| Khafjah | 67 | 811 | / |
| Khofiah | 67 | 94 | / |
| Kaphioa | 67 | 28 | / |
| Koffiay | 67 | 8 | / |
| Kofijač | 67 | 6 | / |
| Qahfiah | 67 | 6 | / |
| Kafhyap | 67 | 5 | / |
| Kaffeah | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kafaijo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Khafiashsh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kafyaha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kafyath | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kheifia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaffioe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khafioz | 67 | 1 | / |
Kafia Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kafia in the Hindi language | ||
| काफिया | kaphiya | - |
| Kafia in the Marathi language | ||
| कािफया | kaiphaya | - |
| Kafia in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺎﻓﻴﻪ | kafyh | 80 |
| ﻛﺎﻓﻴﺔ | kafyt | 20 |
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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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- 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 Kafia
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