Kafkas Surname

225,517th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,802 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Greece

Kafkas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kafkas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey1,1711:66,4576,257
Greece4711:23,5243,482
United States781:4,646,909242,363
Australia301:899,85754,700
Germany131:6,192,728213,814
Northern Cyprus131:24,5395,862
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
England11:55,718,059489,080
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260

Kafkas (50) may also be a first name.

Kafkas Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kafkas is carried by more people in Turkey than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Kafkas click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kafkas? popularity and diffusion

It is the 225,517th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 4,044,143 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 56 percent of Kafkas are found; 56 percent are found in West Asia and 56 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands. Kafkas is also the 1,412,538th most frequent given name internationally, borne by 50 people.

The surname is most frequently used in Turkey, where it is held by 1,171 people, or 1 in 66,457. In Turkey it is mostly found in: Istanbul Province, where 15 percent reside, Zonguldak Province, where 8 percent reside and Izmir Province, where 8 percent reside. Aside from Turkey this last name is found in 22 countries. It is also common in Greece, where 26 percent reside and The United States, where 4 percent reside.

Kafkas Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Kafkas surname are 29.12% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 82.35% being registered with the party.

The amount Kafkas earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 44.48% less than the national average, earning 192,136 kr per year and in United States they earn 7.28% less than the national average, earning $40,008 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kavkas8366/
Kafcas8352/
Kafkaz8329/
Kefkas831/
Kaewkas7712/
Khawkas774/
Kabkash772/
Khawkash713/
Kavkaz678,785/
Cafcas676/
Kafcos676/
Cavkas675/
Kovkas671/
Kavcas671/
Gkofkos621/
Kavkazova53117/
Kovkos501/
Kovcas501/
Kowkos501/

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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 Kafkas
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