Kefala Surname
Approximately 2,831 people bear this surname
Kefala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 2,653 | 1:4,176 | 412 |
| Cyprus | 85 | 1:10,410 | 1,216 |
| England | 22 | 1:2,532,639 | 91,802 |
| United States | 13 | 1:27,881,456 | 736,413 |
| Germany | 12 | 1:6,708,788 | 223,026 |
| Ukraine | 11 | 1:4,138,427 | 206,719 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
Kefala (15) may also be a first name.
Kefala Demographics
Average Kefala Salary in
United States
$52,938 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kefala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kefala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kefala (Russian: Кефала) is held by more people in Greece than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kefala? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kefala is the 154,965th most commonly held family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 2,574,195 people. The last name Kefala occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Kefala are found; 97 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 97 percent are found in Helleno-Europe. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly occurring first name on earth, borne by 15 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Greece, where it is carried by 2,653 people, or 1 in 4,176. In Greece Kefala is primarily concentrated in: Attica, where 35 percent live, Central Macedonia, where 15 percent live and Thessaly, where 9 percent live. Not including Greece this last name occurs in 22 countries. It also occurs in Cyprus, where 3 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
Kefala Last Name Statistics demography
Kefala earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 22.69% more than the national average, earning $52,938 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kefala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kefala in the Russian language | ||
| Кефала | kefala | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Kefala
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