Kefis Surname
Approximately 174 people bear this surname
Kefis Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 161 | 1:68,819 | 11,554 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Kefis Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kefis Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kefis is most common in Greece. It may be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kefis? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,300,225th most commonly held last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 41,882,448 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 95 percent of Kefis reside; 93 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 93 percent reside in Helleno-Europe.
Kefis is most prevalent in Greece, where it is carried by 161 people, or 1 in 68,819. In Greece Kefis is most frequent in: Epirus, where 37 percent live, Western Macedonia, where 27 percent live and Attica, where 22 percent live. Excluding Greece this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 3 percent live and Sweden, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keufis | 91 | 0 | / |
| Kheyfis | 83 | 1 | / |
| Keefies | 83 | 0 | / |
| Cefis | 80 | 630 | / |
| Kefes | 80 | 94 | / |
| Kafis | 80 | 57 | / |
| Kefiz | 80 | 4 | / |
| Kofis | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kiefisch | 77 | 1 | / |
| Khafis | 73 | 41 | / |
| Kajfis | 73 | 20 | / |
| Ceffis | 73 | 19 | / |
| Kaifis | 73 | 15 | / |
| Keyfes | 73 | 10 | / |
| Koyfis | 73 | 8 | / |
| Keffes | 73 | 6 | / |
| Gkofis | 73 | 6 | / |
| Kofish | 73 | 5 | / |
| Kafish | 73 | 4 | / |
| Kaffis | 73 | 3 | / |
| Koffis | 73 | 2 | / |
| Keefes | 73 | 2 | / |
| Keifes | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kaafis | 73 | 1 | / |
| Chefis | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kafais | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kephis | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kiefes | 73 | 0 | / |
| Kayfish | 67 | 104 | / |
| Khafish | 67 | 30 | / |
| Khefets | 67 | 4 | / |
| Keyfets | 67 | 2 | / |
| Cefffis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaifise | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kidfish | 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 Kefis
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