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
The last name Kafka (Arabic: كفكا) is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can occur as: Káfka. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kafka? popularity and diffusion
It is the 62,352nd most commonly occurring family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 905,060 people. The last name Kafka occurs predominantly in Europe, where 59 percent of Kafka live; 34 percent live in Eastern Europe and 32 percent live in West Slavic Europe. It is also the 573,164th most widely held first name at a global level It is held by 243 people.
The surname is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 2,550 people, or 1 in 142,141. In The United States Kafka is most common in: California, where 10 percent reside, Maryland, where 10 percent reside and Illinois, where 9 percent reside. Apart from The United States this surname exists in 59 countries. It is also common in Czechia, where 23 percent reside and Germany, where 11 percent reside.
Kafka Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Kafka has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kafka surname increased 2,406 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 3,100 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Kafka Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Kafka last name are 10.53% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 57.3% being registered to vote for the political 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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