Kanafa Surname
Approximately 500 people bear this surname
Kanafa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poland | 447 | 1:85,031 | 13,148 |
| Niger | 27 | 1:710,815 | 16,981 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Northern Ireland | 4 | 1:461,259 | 16,615 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kanafa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanafa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kanafa is held by more people in Poland than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanafa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 616,129th most common family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 14,575,092 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 93 percent of Kanafa are found; 89 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 89 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.
The surname is most widespread in Poland, where it is held by 447 people, or 1 in 85,031. Not including Poland this surname occurs in 14 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 5 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
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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 Kanafa
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