Kafit Surname

550,571st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 580 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Pakistan

Kafit Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kafit Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan3581:499,0058,631
Indonesia2131:620,88849,115
India81:95,883,173728,828
Iran11:76,782,524277,718

Kafit (3,009) may also be a first name.

Kafit Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kafit Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Kafit (Hindi: कफीत, Marathi: कािफत) has its highest incidence in Pakistan. It can also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kafit? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kafit is the 550,571st most common family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 12,564,734 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Kafit are found; 63 percent are found in South Asia and 63 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Kafit is also the 131,895th most numerous first name at a global level. It is borne by 3,009 people.

The last name Kafit is most commonly occurring in Pakistan, where it is borne by 358 people, or 1 in 499,005. In Pakistan Kafit is mostly found in: Punjab, where 98 percent reside, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, where 2 percent reside and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 0 percent reside. Apart from Pakistan this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 37 percent reside and India, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Khafit91576/
Kafait91198/
Kafite9127/
Khafith831/
Kafid80509/
Kofit80105/
Kafet808/
Kefit805/
Qafit805/
Cafit805/
Kaffeitz771/
Kaufhoit770/
Khafid733,541/
Cafait7351/
Kaffet7348/
Kafetz7341/
Cafiot7337/
Kafete7330/
Kaufid7317/
Khofit737/
Kafeet734/
Kafaid733/
Kafied732/
Kafayt732/
Kofiot731/
Kofite731/
Qafith731/
Caffit731/
Kadfet731/
Qafait731/
Kaiphet67150/
Khafidh67102/
Kayfetz6752/
Khafeet6721/
Caffiot6717/
Khafied6714/
Khaafid6712/
Kaifetz679/
Kaified678/
Kafethe673/
Koffite672/
Kafeete672/
Kafethz671/
Khaffid671/
Qafitte670/

Kafit Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kafit in the Marathi language
कािफतkaiphata-
Kafit in the Hindi language
कफीतkaphita75
काफितkaphita25

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Kafit
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