Kafya Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Lebanon

Kafya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kafya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436

Kafya (271) may also be a first name.

Kafya Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kafya (Hindi: काफया, Russian: Кафя) is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kafya? popularity and diffusion

Kafya is the 7,117,718th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 57 percent of Kafya are found; 43 percent are found in South Asia and 29 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 540,009th most widely held first name world-wide, held by 271 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Lagos, where 50 percent are found and Taraba, where 50 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 29 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 14 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kafyah911/
Kafaiya839/
Kafhyap835/
Kafyath831/
Kafyaha831/
Kafayia831/
Kafia80548/
Kefya806/
Qafya803/
Kafja801/
Cafya801/
Khafyaah771/
Kafiah7352/
Kaffia7333/
Khafia7320/
Kaufia7313/
Kaefia7311/
Kafiha7311/
Kaifia738/
Kaafia732/
Kafija732/
Khafja731/
Khafjah67811/
Kaefiah6799/
Khafiah6735/
Kaffeah673/
Kafaijo672/
Kaifiat671/
Kaffiha671/
Kafegia671/

Kafya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kafya in the Hindi language
काफयाkaphaya75
काफियाkaphiya12.5
कफयाkaphaya12.5
Kafya in the Russian language
Кафяkafa-

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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 Kafya
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