Kifa Surname
Approximately 639 people bear this surname
Kifa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Russia | 102 | 1:1,412,971 | 98,464 |
| DR Congo | 96 | 1:769,579 | 54,223 |
| Papua New Guinea | 68 | 1:119,908 | 16,326 |
| Moldova | 40 | 1:89,034 | 11,037 |
| Romania | 35 | 1:573,653 | 41,852 |
| Uganda | 31 | 1:1,259,332 | 49,678 |
| Turkey | 20 | 1:3,891,071 | 97,520 |
| Benin | 16 | 1:645,975 | 38,126 |
| Transnistria | 15 | 1:31,647 | 5,088 |
| Indonesia | 12 | 1:11,020,766 | 390,383 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Liberia | 7 | 1:629,791 | 27,063 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Argentina | 7 | 1:6,106,202 | 178,634 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Kazakhstan | 5 | 1:3,536,499 | 118,599 |
| Greece | 3 | 1:3,693,263 | 126,191 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Kifa (425) may also be a first name.
Kifa Demographics
Kifa Political Affiliation
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Kifa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kifa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kifa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻴﻔﻪ, Hindi: किफा, Russian: Кифа) is carried by more people in Morocco than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kifa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 511,519th most commonly held family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 11,404,610 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 47 percent of Kifa live; 27 percent live in Eastern Europe and 21 percent live in Mahgreb. Kifa is also the 416,660th most frequent first name globally, held by 425 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Morocco, where it is carried by 136 people, or 1 in 253,501. Outside of Morocco Kifa is found in 34 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 16 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 15 percent are found.
Kifa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Kifa has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kifa surname rose 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kifa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Kifa last name is primarily Orthodox (75%) in Russia and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.
In The United States Kifa are 0.29% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than The US average, with 47.06% registered to vote for the party.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kifa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kifa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻴﻔﻪ | kyfh | - |
| Kifa in the Hindi language | ||
| किफा | kipha | 80 |
| कीफा | kipha | 20 |
| Kifa in the Russian language | ||
| Кифа | kifa | - |
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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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- 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 Kifa
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