Kafiyam Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Kafiyam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Kafiyam (29) may also be a first name.
Kafiyam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kafiyam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kafiyam has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kafiyam? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,532,898th most commonly occurring surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Kafiyam live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kafiyam is also the 1,951,561st most frequently occurring given name globally, held by 29 people.
Kafiyam is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 9,841,264. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Borno, where 83 percent are found, Bauchi, where 6 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 6 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria Kafiyam exists in one country. It is also common in India, where 5 percent are found.
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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 Kafiyam
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