Kanfar Surname

476,893rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 701 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Saudi Arabia
Highest density in:
Saudi Arabia

Kanfar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanfar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Saudi Arabia5571:55,3967,891
Morocco1361:253,50142,794
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
France11:66,422,722504,397
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kanfar (34) may also be a first name.

Kanfar Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kanfar (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻨﻔﺎﺭ) is more frequently found in Saudi Arabia than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Kanfar click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanfar? popularity and diffusion

Kanfar is the 476,893rd most widely held family name internationally, held by around 1 in 10,395,929 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 80 percent of Kanfar reside; 80 percent reside in West Asia and 80 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula. Kanfar is also the 1,775,424th most prevalent first name throughout the world, borne by 34 people.

This surname is most numerous in Saudi Arabia, where it is held by 557 people, or 1 in 55,396. Outside of Saudi Arabia Kanfar exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 19 percent reside and Croatia, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Khanfar928,016/
Kainfar921/
Kanfare921/
Khanfair8646/
Khanfare861/
Khanffar861/
Kamfar83799/
Kanfor836/
Konfar834/
Qanfar832/
Canfar831/
Khenfar771,161/
Khanfor774/
Khonfar774/
Kanfour774/
Kanfoor773/
Kaimfar771/
Canfare771/
Kanphar771/
Kampfar770/
Khanfour71536/
Kounfare714/
Khanfoor711/
Kanfoire711/
Kahnfour711/
Khamfard711/
Kanfoure711/
Kainford710/
Canfarth710/
Konfor67906/
Konfár67213/
Confar6761/
Canfor6748/
Kanforova6718/
Kamfor6716/
Canfarova675/
Qamfar671/
Kainfoure671/
Khanfoure671/

Kanfar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kanfar in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻛﻨﻔﺎﺭknfar-

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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 Kanfar
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