Kanifa Surname
Approximately 106 people bear this surname
Kanifa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 43 | 1:907,890 | 40,955 |
| Indonesia | 27 | 1:4,898,118 | 234,077 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 1:25,520,555 | 84,222 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Kanifa (3,945) may also be a first name.
Kanifa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanifa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kanifa (Arabic: كانيفه, Hindi: कनीफा, Marathi: कानीफा) has its highest incidence in Uganda. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanifa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kanifa is the 1,785,358th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 68,750,433 people. Kanifa occurs mostly in Africa, where 58 percent of Kanifa live; 42 percent live in East Africa and 39 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Kanifa is also the 111,386th most prevalent first name on earth, held by 3,945 people.
The last name Kanifa is most commonly occurring in Uganda, where it is borne by 43 people, or 1 in 907,890. In Uganda it is most frequent in: Mayuge District, where 21 percent live, Budaka District, where 16 percent live and Isingiro District, where 7 percent live. Not including Uganda it exists in 10 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 25 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kanifah | 92 | 458 | / |
| Khanifa | 92 | 162 | / |
| Ckanifa | 92 | 4 | / |
| Kanaifa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Khanifah | 86 | 3,663 | / |
| Kenifa | 83 | 1,074 | / |
| Kanife | 83 | 545 | / |
| Kanufa | 83 | 50 | / |
| Canifa | 83 | 35 | / |
| Konifa | 83 | 27 | / |
| Kanifi | 83 | 22 | / |
| Kanefa | 83 | 14 | / |
| Khaniffah | 80 | 5 | / |
| Konifah | 77 | 225 | / |
| Khanifi | 77 | 135 | / |
| Khanife | 77 | 34 | / |
| Khonifa | 77 | 7 | / |
| Khanyfa | 77 | 3 | / |
| Kanifes | 77 | 2 | / |
| Kenifah | 77 | 2 | / |
| Khanify | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kanipha | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kaneefa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Khenifa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kaniffy | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kaniffe | 77 | 0 | / |
| Khonifah | 71 | 152 | / |
| Khaneefa | 71 | 33 | / |
| Kannipha | 71 | 17 | / |
| Kannefaß | 71 | 14 | / |
| Khanifis | 71 | 3 | / |
| Konifo | 67 | 68 | / |
| Kanefi | 67 | 39 | / |
| Konefa | 67 | 8 | / |
| Kanefo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Khanaifer | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kenefa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kenifo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Khanifiss | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kanefe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Canefa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khaneefaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Canife | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khanniffi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Canufa | 67 | 0 | / |
Kanifa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kanifa in the Marathi language | ||
| कानीफा | kanipha | - |
| Kanifa in the Hindi language | ||
| कनीफा | kanipha | 75 |
| कनिफा | kanipha | 25 |
| Kanifa in the Arabic language | ||
| كانيفه | kanyfh | - |
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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 Kanifa
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