Kaftya Surname

1,980,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 89 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Transnistria
Highest density in:
Transnistria

Kaftya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Kaftya Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Transnistria761:6,2461,202
Russia111:13,102,096377,010
Moldova21:1,780,68455,103

Kaftya Last Name Facts

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

Kaftya (Russian: Кафтя) occurs more in Transnistria more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kaftya? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,980,395th most frequent surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 81,882,538 people. Kaftya is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Kaftya are found; 99 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 97 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.

This last name is most frequently held in Transnistria, where it is held by 76 people, or 1 in 6,246. In Transnistria it is mostly concentrated in: Grigoriopol District, where 51 percent reside, Dubăsari District, where 30 percent reside and Tiraspol Municipality, where 18 percent reside. Beside Transnistria it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 12 percent reside and Moldova, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kavtya83141/
Kaftia8366/
Kaftiah7724/
Khaftia772/
Khoftyah716/
Caftea6794/
Kawtia6746/
Kavtia6719/
Kavtyo6715/
Kovtya678/
Koftyo671/
Kawtea671/
Keawthaiya631/
Kawthia626/
Kavthia625/
Keawtea622/
Kaewtia621/
Kaewtiah571/
Qabtia5066/
Cavtea502/
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Kaftya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kaftya in the Russian language
Кафтяkafta-

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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 Kaftya
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