Kafkani Surname
Approximately 38 people bear this surname
Kafkani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 30 | 1:2,559,417 | 82,750 |
| Albania | 8 | 1:364,257 | 16,885 |
Kafkani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kafkani Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kafkani occurs more in Iran more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kafkani? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,185,033rd most frequent family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 191,777,524 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 79 percent of Kafkani reside; 79 percent reside in South Asia and 79 percent reside in Islamic South Asia.
The last name Kafkani is most widely held in Iran, where it is held by 30 people, or 1 in 2,559,417. In Iran Kafkani is mostly found in: Razavi Khorasan Province, where 97 percent are found and Tehran Province, where 3 percent are found. Not including Iran this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Albania, where 21 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kavkani | 86 | 12 | / |
| Kavkhani | 80 | 8 | / |
| Kaabkhani | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kobkhani | 67 | 1 | / |
| Qawkanyi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Keawkanha | 63 | 26 | / |
| Khawkanha | 63 | 1 | / |
| Khaivkhany | 59 | 4 | / |
| Keawkannet | 59 | 1 | / |
| Keawkonnoi | 59 | 1 | / |
| Kaewkonj | 53 | 1 | / |
| Kaewcane | 53 | 1 | / |
| Kouwkouni | 50 | 1 | / |
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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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- 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 Kafkani
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