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) is more commonly found in Pakistan than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kafit? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kafit is the 550,571st most widespread family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 12,564,734 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Kafit live; 63 percent live in South Asia and 63 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 131,895th most frequently held given name throughout the world, held by 3,009 people.

The last name Kafit is most frequent in Pakistan, where it is carried by 358 people, or 1 in 499,005. In Pakistan it is primarily concentrated in: Punjab, where 98 percent live, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, where 2 percent live and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 0 percent live. Apart from Pakistan it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 37 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.

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
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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 Kafit
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