Kefay Surname
Approximately 1,453 people bear this surname
Kefay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 1,449 | 1:67,320 | 6,648 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
Kefay (12) may also be a first name.
Kefay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kefay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kefay occurs in Ethiopia more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kefay? popularity and diffusion
Kefay is the 268,560th most commonly used surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 5,015,517 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kefay live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequently held first name globally. It is borne by 12 people.
This surname is most widely held in Ethiopia, where it is held by 1,449 people, or 1 in 67,320. Beside Ethiopia Kefay exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Afghanistan, where 0 percent reside and Israel, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Kefay
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