Qafish Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lebanon
Highest density in:
Lebanon

Qafish Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Qafish Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lebanon101:563,70813,499
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147

Qafish Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Qafish Come From? nationality or country of origin

Qafish is found in Lebanon more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Qafish.

How Common Is The Last Name Qafish? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,587,209th most frequently used family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name Qafish is mostly found in Asia, where 92 percent of Qafish live; 92 percent live in West Asia and 83 percent live in Levant.

Qafish is most widely held in Lebanon, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 563,708. In Lebanon Qafish is mostly concentrated in: Beirut Governorate, where 90 percent are found and Beqaa Governorate, where 10 percent are found. Without taking into account Lebanon this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 8 percent are found and Yemen, where 8 percent are found.

Qafish Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Qafish last name is predominantly Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Qafis9110/
Qafih911/
Qafesh8393/
Kafish834/
Qafais832/
Qafith831/
Qafi8020/
Qafeesh773,548/
Kayfish77104/
Khafish7730/
Cafisch772/
Kafishe771/
Kafih73525/
Kafis7357/
Qahfi7320/
Qafit735/
Quafi735/
Qazfi734/
Qafid733/
Qadfi733/
Qaafi733/
Qaifi733/
Cafis732/
Qafeh732/
Qafai732/
Qaffi731/
Qafio731/
Khayfish712/
Kafieh6780/
Khafis6741/
Kajfis6720/
Cafich6718/
Kaifis6715/
Kaufitsch6713/
Kaffih679/
Cafios676/
Khafih675/
Kafise675/
Kofish675/
Kaffis673/
Catfis672/
Qahafi672/
Quafiz672/
Qauffi671/
Kafeih671/
Qafait671/
Khafaiseh671/
Kaafis671/
Casfis671/
Qhaffi671/
Qaizfi671/
Kafais671/
Caffis670/

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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 Qafish
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