Kefayatullah Surname

203,556th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,044 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Afghanistan
Highest density in:
Afghanistan

Kefayatullah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kefayatullah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Afghanistan2,0101:15,997905
India331:23,244,406321,547
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220

Kefayatullah (6,434) may also be a first name.

Kefayatullah Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kefayatullah (Hindi: केफायतुल्लाह, Marathi: केफायतुाह) occurs in Afghanistan more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Kefayatullah.

How Common Is The Last Name Kefayatullah? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 203,556th most frequent family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 3,565,336 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Kefayatullah are found; 100 percent are found in South Asia and 98 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 81,925th most commonly held first name world-wide, held by 6,434 people.

The surname Kefayatullah is most widespread in Afghanistan, where it is carried by 2,010 people, or 1 in 15,997. In Afghanistan Kefayatullah is most frequent in: Kabul, where 15 percent are found, Balkh, where 11 percent are found and Nangarhar, where 9 percent are found. Beside Afghanistan this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 2 percent are found and Pakistan, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kefayatullah Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kefayatullah in the Hindi language
केफायतुल्लाहkephayatullaha-
Kefayatullah in the Marathi language
केफायतुाहkephayatuaha-

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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 Kefayatullah
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