Kefes Surname
Approximately 94 people bear this surname
Kefes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 28 | 1:2,779,336 | 82,809 |
| Nigeria | 27 | 1:6,560,843 | 154,927 |
| Germany | 22 | 1:3,659,339 | 158,771 |
| France | 11 | 1:6,038,429 | 280,838 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Kefes (73) may also be a first name.
Kefes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kefes Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kefes is found most in Turkey. It can also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kefes? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,918,812th most frequent last name globally It is held by around 1 in 77,527,084 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 38 percent of Kefes live; 38 percent live in Western Europe and 30 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. Kefes is also the 1,134,117th most frequently used forename on earth, borne by 73 people.
The surname Kefes is most numerous in Turkey, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 2,779,336. In Turkey Kefes is most frequent in: Konya Province, where 54 percent live, Eskisehir Province, where 32 percent live and Antalya Province, where 14 percent live. Besides Turkey this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 29 percent live and Germany, where 23 percent live.
Kefes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Kefes has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 150 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keyfes | 91 | 10 | / |
| Keffes | 91 | 6 | / |
| Keefes | 91 | 2 | / |
| Keifes | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kiefes | 91 | 0 | / |
| Khefets | 83 | 4 | / |
| Keyfets | 83 | 2 | / |
| Keefies | 83 | 0 | / |
| Kafes | 80 | 1,186 | / |
| Kefis | 80 | 174 | / |
| Kefez | 80 | 22 | / |
| Kofes | 80 | 10 | / |
| Kyfes | 80 | 5 | / |
| Kifes | 80 | 5 | / |
| Kefex | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kheifets | 77 | 237 | / |
| Kaffes | 73 | 373 | / |
| Kayfes | 73 | 132 | / |
| Kajfes | 73 | 52 | / |
| Kaifes | 73 | 50 | / |
| Chefes | 73 | 29 | / |
| Koffes | 73 | 5 | / |
| Khafes | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kephes | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kafees | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kefetz | 73 | 1 | / |
| Koyfes | 73 | 1 | / |
| Keufis | 73 | 0 | / |
| Kaifesh | 67 | 432 | / |
| Keifetz | 67 | 27 | / |
| Keyfetz | 67 | 14 | / |
| Kayfesh | 67 | 13 | / |
| Kaafesh | 67 | 12 | / |
| Khaifes | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khafesh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kheyfis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kofeish | 67 | 0 | / |
| Keiphes | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Kefes
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