Kaftar Surname
Approximately 774 people bear this surname
Kaftar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 433 | 1:179,726 | 13,555 |
| Afghanistan | 334 | 1:96,267 | 2,534 |
| Romania | 5 | 1:4,015,574 | 58,306 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kaftar (3,694) may also be a first name.
Kaftar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kaftar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kaftar is found most frequently in Turkey. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of Kaftar click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaftar? popularity and diffusion
Kaftar is the 441,818th most frequently used surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 9,415,434 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 83 percent of Kaftar are found; 43 percent are found in South Asia and 43 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Kaftar is also the 116,043rd most frequently used first name at a global level, held by 3,694 people.
The last name Kaftar is most frequent in Turkey, where it is carried by 433 people, or 1 in 179,726. In Turkey Kaftar is mostly found in: Siirt Province, where 32 percent live, Istanbul Province, where 30 percent live and Kayseri Province, where 8 percent live. Besides Turkey it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Afghanistan, where 43 percent live and Romania, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kawtar | 83 | 4,254 | / |
| Koftar | 83 | 154 | / |
| Kaftor | 83 | 86 | / |
| Kavtar | 83 | 2 | / |
| Kaftarova | 80 | 17 | / |
| Kawthar | 77 | 3,467 | / |
| Kawwtar | 77 | 1 | / |
| Caftart | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kawtare | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kaewtar | 77 | 1 | / |
| Keawtar | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kaewthar | 71 | 1 | / |
| Khawthar | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kavtarova | 67 | 15 | / |
| Koftarova | 67 | 12 | / |
| Kovtar | 67 | 7 | / |
| Kowtar | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kobtar | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaftorova | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kowthar | 62 | 317 | / |
| Kaewtor | 62 | 2 | / |
| Khobtar | 62 | 2 | / |
| Kabtour | 62 | 1 | / |
| Khowtar | 62 | 1 | / |
| Cawthard | 57 | 23 | / |
| Kovtaare | 57 | 1 | / |
| Koftorova | 53 | 5 | / |
| Kovtarova | 53 | 4 | / |
| Koschvtar | 53 | 1 | / |
| Kovtor | 50 | 7 | / |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Kaftar
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