Kafiya Surname
Approximately 260 people bear this surname
Kafiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 121 | 1:1,463,990 | 56,236 |
| DR Congo | 82 | 1:900,970 | 60,382 |
| India | 32 | 1:23,970,793 | 327,222 |
| Pakistan | 8 | 1:22,330,486 | 77,733 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| Niger | 4 | 1:4,798,004 | 75,547 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Kafiya (9,622) may also be a first name.
Kafiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kafiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kafiya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﻓﻴﻪ, Hindi: काफिया, Marathi: काफीया) occurs most in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Kafiya.
How Common Is The Last Name Kafiya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kafiya is the 988,329th most widespread family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 28,029,023 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 83 percent of Kafiya reside; 48 percent reside in West Africa and 47 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 62,900th most frequently used first name worldwide, borne by 9,622 people.
It is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 121 people, or 1 in 1,463,990. In Nigeria it is most common in: Taraba, where 79 percent are found, Adamawa, where 10 percent are found and Kano, where 7 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this surname occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 32 percent are found and India, where 12 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kafiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kafiya in the Marathi language | ||
| काफीया | kaphiya | 96.9 |
| कफीया | kaphiya | 0.78 |
| कािलया | kailaya | 0.78 |
| Kafiya in the Hindi language | ||
| काफिया | kaphiya | 93 |
| काफीया | kaphiya | 3.29 |
| कफिया | kaphiya | 3.09 |
| कफीया | kaphiya | 0.26 |
| काफि़या | kaphiya | 0.21 |
| राफिया | raphiya | 0.05 |
| काफिय | kaphiya | 0.05 |
| कैफीया | kaiphiya | 0.05 |
| Kafiya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺎﻓﻴﻪ | kafyh | 50 |
| ﻛﺎﻓﻴﺔ | kafyt | 50 |
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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 Kafiya
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