Kalafi Surname
Approximately 75 people bear this surname
Kalafi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 54 | 1:1,421,899 | 57,683 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
Kalafi (68) may also be a first name.
Kalafi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kalafi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kalafi (Hindi: कलाफी, Marathi: कालिफ) is carried by more people in Iran than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kalafi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kalafi is the 2,185,341st most frequent family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 97,167,279 people. The last name Kalafi is primarily found in Asia, where 75 percent of Kalafi reside; 72 percent reside in South Asia and 72 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 1,181,159th most widely held first name at a global level, held by 68 people.
The last name Kalafi is most commonly occurring in Iran, where it is borne by 54 people, or 1 in 1,421,899. In Iran it is mostly concentrated in: South Khorasan Province, where 98 percent reside and Sistan and Baluchestan Province, where 2 percent reside. Beside Iran this last name is found in 11 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 5 percent reside and South Africa, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kalafi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kalafi in the Hindi language | ||
| कलाफी | kalaphi | - |
| Kalafi in the Marathi language | ||
| कालिफ | kalipha | - |
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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 Kalafi
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