Khafash Surname
Approximately 996 people bear this surname
Khafash Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palestine | 838 | 1:5,428 | 1,200 |
| Jordan | 96 | 1:92,109 | 6,818 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| Iran | 13 | 1:5,906,348 | 134,214 |
| Yemen | 6 | 1:4,404,216 | 18,907 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
Khafash Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Khafash Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Khafash occurs most in Palestine. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Khafash? popularity and diffusion
The surname Khafash is the 362,813th most commonly occurring family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 7,316,813 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Khafash reside; 98 percent reside in West Asia and 94 percent reside in Levant.
This last name is most frequently used in Palestine, where it is borne by 838 people, or 1 in 5,428. In Palestine it is mostly concentrated in: Qalqilya Governorate, where 54 percent are found, Nablus Governorate, where 22 percent are found and Salfit Governorate, where 18 percent are found. Apart from Palestine this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Jordan, where 10 percent are found and Kuwait, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Khafash
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