Kafka Surname
Approximately 8,052 people bear this surname
Kafka Surname Definition:
(Czech-Slovakian) One who lived at the sign of a bird.
Kafka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,550 | 1:142,141 | 14,757 |
| Czechia | 1,832 | 1:5,804 | 677 |
| Germany | 895 | 1:89,950 | 11,316 |
| Austria | 669 | 1:12,729 | 1,815 |
| Poland | 596 | 1:63,773 | 10,015 |
| Brazil | 294 | 1:728,144 | 26,643 |
| Greece | 231 | 1:47,964 | 7,858 |
| Canada | 216 | 1:170,581 | 17,126 |
| Slovakia | 162 | 1:32,941 | 5,936 |
| Hungary | 100 | 1:98,163 | 9,529 |
| England | 62 | 1:898,678 | 46,462 |
| Ukraine | 59 | 1:771,571 | 78,489 |
| Australia | 49 | 1:550,933 | 40,757 |
| Israel | 41 | 1:208,723 | 20,048 |
| Portugal | 38 | 1:274,164 | 10,086 |
| Croatia | 28 | 1:151,022 | 20,421 |
| France | 28 | 1:2,372,240 | 182,981 |
| Qatar | 22 | 1:107,182 | 11,536 |
| Argentina | 22 | 1:1,942,882 | 97,983 |
| Mexico | 19 | 1:6,532,958 | 32,927 |
| Switzerland | 13 | 1:631,763 | 43,230 |
| Italy | 11 | 1:5,559,699 | 110,230 |
| Serbia | 10 | 1:714,495 | 24,752 |
| Scotland | 8 | 1:669,227 | 23,443 |
| Philippines | 8 | 1:12,654,778 | 228,986 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| New Zealand | 7 | 1:646,903 | 40,014 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Spain | 5 | 1:9,350,407 | 109,555 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1:15,924,691 | 28,711 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| Peru | 3 | 1:10,594,708 | 45,902 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Belize | 3 | 1:118,491 | 3,439 |
| Albania | 2 | 1:1,457,028 | 24,967 |
| El Salvador | 2 | 1:3,171,944 | 6,376 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 106 | 1:473,761 | 33,810 |
The alternate forms: Káfka (3) are calculated separately.
Kafka (243) may also be a first name.
Kafka Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Czech-Slovakian) One who lived at the sign of a bird.
(from a house sign) or (from an ancestor's occupation) or (from the name of a male ancestor) Kafka or Kavka is Czech for “crow” and may indicate a person who lived in or near a house with the sign of this bird. In Polish, Kawka is a dealer in coffee. Some have derived Kafka as a nickname from Yaakov (Jacob). Yaakov becomes Koppel, which becomes Kopke, and this in turn is transformed to Kapke and Kafka.
Kafka Demographics
Average Male Kafka Height
176.63 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Kafka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kafka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kafka (Arabic: كفكا) occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Káfka. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kafka? popularity and diffusion
It is the 62,352nd most common last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 905,060 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 59 percent of Kafka reside; 34 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 32 percent reside in West Slavic Europe. Kafka is also the 573,164th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 243 people.
It is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 2,550 people, or 1 in 142,141. In The United States it is most common in: California, where 10 percent live, Maryland, where 10 percent live and Illinois, where 9 percent live. Not including The United States this last name occurs in 59 countries. It is also common in Czechia, where 23 percent live and Germany, where 11 percent live.
Kafka Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Kafka has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kafka surname rose 2,406 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 3,100 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Kafka Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Kafka are 10.53% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 57.3% registered with the party.
The amount Kafka earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 87.2% more than the national average, earning S/. 36,288 per year; in United States they earn 16.32% more than the national average, earning $50,191 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.29% more than the national average, earning $56,284 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Káfka | 93 | 3 | / |
| Kaffka | 91 | 1,249 | / |
| Kaufka | 91 | 139 | / |
| Kafkay | 91 | 8 | / |
| Kafcka | 91 | 8 | / |
| Kafkad | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kasfka | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kawka | 80 | 8,691 | / |
| Kavka | 80 | 2,559 | / |
| Kafki | 80 | 112 | / |
| Kafke | 80 | 90 | / |
| Kafko | 80 | 38 | / |
| Kofka | 80 | 36 | / |
| Cafka | 80 | 6 | / |
| Kaewka | 73 | 662 | / |
| Kaffke | 73 | 144 | / |
| Kafkis | 73 | 108 | / |
| Kafcas | 73 | 52 | / |
| Kaufke | 73 | 39 | / |
| Koffka | 73 | 23 | / |
| Kafkes | 73 | 21 | / |
| Kafker | 73 | 21 | / |
| Kaffko | 73 | 15 | / |
| Kafkot | 73 | 12 | / |
| Kabkha | 73 | 6 | / |
| Kaufca | 73 | 5 | / |
| Kaufki | 73 | 4 | / |
| Kaivka | 73 | 3 | / |
| Kawkai | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kavkah | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kawcka | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kawkad | 73 | 1 | / |
| Koufka | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kopfka | 73 | 1 | / |
| Khafko | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kabkah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kafkie | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kaffca | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kaffky | 73 | 0 | / |
| Kahabka | 67 | 302 | / |
| Kozfkay | 67 | 69 | / |
| Kaewkai | 67 | 11 | / |
| Kaewkha | 67 | 3 | / |
| Khawkha | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kaewkea | 67 | 2 | / |
| Keawkha | 67 | 2 | / |
| Keawkoa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaewkau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaewkah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khabkha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kasfkis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kabkhah | 67 | 1 | / |
Kafka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kafka in the Arabic language | ||
| كفكا | kfka | - |
| كافكا | kafka | - |
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