Kafka Surname

62,352nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,052 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Czechia

Kafka Surname Definition:

(Czech-Slovakian) One who lived at the sign of a bird.

Kafka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,5501:142,14114,757
Czechia1,8321:5,804677
Germany8951:89,95011,316
Austria6691:12,7291,815
Poland5961:63,77310,015
Brazil2941:728,14426,643
Greece2311:47,9647,858
Canada2161:170,58117,126
Slovakia1621:32,9415,936
Hungary1001:98,1639,529
England621:898,67846,462
Ukraine591:771,57178,489
Australia491:550,93340,757
Israel411:208,72320,048
Portugal381:274,16410,086
Croatia281:151,02220,421
France281:2,372,240182,981
Qatar221:107,18211,536
Argentina221:1,942,88297,983
Mexico191:6,532,95832,927
Switzerland131:631,76343,230
Italy111:5,559,699110,230
Serbia101:714,49524,752
Scotland81:669,22723,443
Philippines81:12,654,778228,986
Indonesia71:18,892,742520,071
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
New Zealand71:646,90340,014
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
China51:273,464,31313,838
Spain51:9,350,407109,555
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Finland41:1,374,17650,379
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Colombia31:15,924,69128,711
Venezuela31:10,068,02660,591
Peru31:10,594,70845,902
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
Belize31:118,4913,439
Albania21:1,457,02824,967
El Salvador21:3,171,9446,376
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1061:473,76133,810

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.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

(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.

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

Kafka Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kafka Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Kafka (Arabic: كفكا) has its highest incidence in The United States. It can appear in the variant forms: Káfka. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kafka? popularity and diffusion

It is the 62,352nd most frequently occurring surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 905,060 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 59 percent of Kafka are found; 34 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 32 percent are found in West Slavic Europe. It is also the 573,164th most frequent first name globally It is held by 243 people.

The surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 2,550 people, or 1 in 142,141. In The United States it is most frequent in: California, where 10 percent are found, Maryland, where 10 percent are found and Illinois, where 9 percent are found. Apart from The United States Kafka is found in 59 countries. It also occurs in Czechia, where 23 percent are found and Germany, where 11 percent are found.

Kafka Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Kafka has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Kafka last name grew 2,406 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 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 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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Káfka933/
Kaffka911,249/
Kaufka91139/
Kafkay918/
Kafcka918/
Kafkad911/
Kasfka911/
Kawka808,691/
Kavka802,559/
Kafki80112/
Kafke8090/
Kafko8038/
Kofka8036/
Cafka806/
Kaewka73662/
Kaffke73144/
Kafkis73108/
Kafcas7352/
Kaufke7339/
Koffka7323/
Kafkes7321/
Kafker7321/
Kaffko7315/
Kafkot7312/
Kabkha736/
Kaufca735/
Kaufki734/
Kaivka733/
Kawkai732/
Kavkah732/
Kawcka731/
Kawkad731/
Koufka731/
Kopfka731/
Khafko731/
Kabkah731/
Kafkie731/
Kaffca731/
Kaffky730/
Kahabka67302/
Kozfkay6769/
Kaewkai6711/
Kaewkha673/
Khawkha673/
Kaewkea672/
Keawkha672/
Keawkoa671/
Kaewkau671/
Kaewkah671/
Khabkha671/
Kasfkis671/
Kabkhah671/

Kafka Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kafka in the Arabic language
كفكاkfka-
كافكاkafka-

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