Kifai Surname
Approximately 100 people bear this surname
Kifai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 80 | 1:661,770 | 39,157 |
| Russia | 16 | 1:9,007,691 | 311,782 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kifai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kifai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kifai (Russian: Кифаи) occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kifai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,849,867th most widely held surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 72,875,459 people. The last name Kifai occurs predominantly in Africa, where 80 percent of Kifai reside; 80 percent reside in East Africa and 80 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 80 people, or 1 in 661,770. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Mwanza Region, where 91 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 5 percent reside and Kilimanjaro Region, where 1 percent reside. Not including Tanzania this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 16 percent reside and England, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kifai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kifai in the Russian language | ||
| Кифаи | kifai | - |
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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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- 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 Kifai
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