Kifas Surname
Approximately 64 people bear this surname
Kifas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 51 | 1:159,877 | 22,106 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kifas (19) may also be a first name.
Kifas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kifas Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kifas is found most in Papua New Guinea. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kifas? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,394,033rd most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 113,867,905 people. The surname is primarily found in Oceania, where 80 percent of Kifas reside; 80 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 80 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,523,061st most widely held given name globally It is held by 19 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 51 people, or 1 in 159,877. In Papua New Guinea Kifas is mostly concentrated in: Morobe, where 55 percent reside, East Sepik, where 33 percent reside and Madang, where 8 percent reside. Aside from Papua New Guinea it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 14 percent reside and Indonesia, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaifas | 91 | 258 | / |
| Keifas | 91 | 22 | / |
| Kiefas | 91 | 18 | / |
| Gkifas | 91 | 2 | / |
| Kiofas | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kifash | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kaifasz | 83 | 3 | / |
| Kefas | 80 | 18,348 | / |
| Kufas | 80 | 2 | / |
| Cifas | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kyfas | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kuifashe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Keffas | 73 | 208 | / |
| Kufaas | 73 | 77 | / |
| Kaifos | 73 | 22 | / |
| Kajfas | 73 | 22 | / |
| Kiphas | 73 | 17 | / |
| Kiofos | 73 | 14 | / |
| Caifas | 73 | 11 | / |
| Kefase | 73 | 10 | / |
| Keefas | 73 | 5 | / |
| Kifach | 73 | 4 | / |
| Khefas | 73 | 4 | / |
| Keafas | 73 | 3 | / |
| Kefass | 73 | 3 | / |
| Kayfas | 73 | 1 | / |
| Koifos | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kufash | 73 | 1 | / |
| Chifas | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kiffax | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kaifás | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ceifas | 73 | 0 | / |
| Kajfasz | 67 | 512 | / |
| Kaiphas | 67 | 49 | / |
| Khufash | 67 | 14 | / |
| Kisfoss | 67 | 12 | / |
| Kaifosz | 67 | 8 | / |
| Kaifosh | 67 | 7 | / |
| Kiephas | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kuhfash | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kuffash | 67 | 2 | / |
| Khuffas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kifosse | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kayfasz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kefasse | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kiefous | 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
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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 Kifas
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