Kerfa Surname
Approximately 1,509 people bear this surname
Kerfa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 1,286 | 1:30,040 | 5,496 |
| France | 111 | 1:598,403 | 79,437 |
| Nigeria | 96 | 1:1,845,237 | 66,383 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Italy | 6 | 1:10,192,781 | 121,657 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Kerfa (36) may also be a first name.
Kerfa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kerfa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kerfa is most common in Algeria. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kerfa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kerfa is the 260,307th most frequent family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 4,829,388 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Kerfa are found; 85 percent are found in North Africa and 85 percent are found in Mahgreb. Kerfa is also the 1,717,090th most frequently occurring first name at a global level It is held by 36 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Algeria, where it is carried by 1,286 people, or 1 in 30,040. In Algeria it is most common in: Bordj Bou Arréridj Province, where 30 percent live, Mila Province, where 27 percent live and Sétif Province, where 21 percent live. Without taking into account Algeria it is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in France, where 7 percent live and Nigeria, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kerfah | 91 | 2,992 | / |
| Kerfai | 91 | 9 | / |
| Kherfa | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kerfaz | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kerfach | 83 | 2 | / |
| Kerffai | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kerfahe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kerfass | 83 | 0 | / |
| Karfa | 80 | 7,852 | / |
| Kerfi | 80 | 836 | / |
| Krefa | 80 | 163 | / |
| Korfa | 80 | 88 | / |
| Kirfa | 80 | 12 | / |
| Kyrfa | 80 | 8 | / |
| Cerfa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kerfe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kherfach | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kearevfa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Cherfa | 73 | 2,878 | / |
| Kherfi | 73 | 2,111 | / |
| Kharfa | 73 | 325 | / |
| Kerfes | 73 | 134 | / |
| Korfah | 73 | 80 | / |
| Kırfaz | 73 | 39 | / |
| Karfah | 73 | 7 | / |
| Korffa | 73 | 6 | / |
| Kerfeh | 73 | 5 | / |
| Kerfod | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kerfey | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kerffi | 73 | 2 | / |
| Karfai | 73 | 2 | / |
| Korpfa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kreffa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Korfea | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kherfe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ketrfi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Karfaa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Karfau | 73 | 1 | / |
| Korfau | 73 | 1 | / |
| Karffa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kerffe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kerfer | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kerfot | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kerfet | 73 | 0 | / |
| Kerfee | 73 | 0 | / |
| Kerfouh | 67 | 686 | / |
| Karfeah | 67 | 10 | / |
| Kerffer | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kherffi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kharfah | 67 | 2 | / |
| Keerfer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kerfout | 67 | 1 | / |
| Qerfach | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cherfaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Karrfah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kerfous | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cheirfa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khairfa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kerfosh | 67 | 0 | / |
| Kerfott | 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 Kerfa
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