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 found most frequently in Iran. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kalafi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,185,341st most frequently used surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 97,167,279 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 75 percent of Kalafi live; 72 percent live in South Asia and 72 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 1,181,159th most numerous given name world-wide, borne by 68 people.
Kalafi is most frequently held in Iran, where it is carried by 54 people, or 1 in 1,421,899. In Iran Kalafi is most numerous in: South Khorasan Province, where 98 percent are found and Sistan and Baluchestan Province, where 2 percent are found. Apart from Iran this last name exists in 11 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 5 percent are found and South Africa, where 5 percent are found.
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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