Qafia Surname
Approximately 89 people bear this surname
Qafia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 87 | 1:2,053,378 | 19,549 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Qafia (1,957) may also be a first name.
Qafia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Qafia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Qafia is found most in Pakistan. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Qafia? popularity and diffusion
Qafia is the 1,980,395th most widely held last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 81,882,538 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Qafia are found; 98 percent are found in South Asia and 98 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Qafia is also the 171,317th most common first name globally, held by 1,957 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Pakistan, where it is carried by 87 people, or 1 in 2,053,378. In Pakistan Qafia is most prevalent in: Balochistan, where 59 percent are found, Punjab, where 21 percent are found and Sindh, where 17 percent are found. Outside of Pakistan this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Lebanon, where 1 percent are found and Yemen, where 1 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 Qafia
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