Qafishah Surname

2,718,172nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 51 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Israel
Highest density in:
Israel

Qafishah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Qafishah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Israel461:186,03618,427
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403

Qafishah Last Name Facts

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

The surname Qafishah occurs more in Israel more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Qafishah? popularity and diffusion

The surname Qafishah is the 2,718,172nd most commonly used surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 142,893,057 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Qafishah are found; 100 percent are found in West Asia and 90 percent are found in Judeo-West Asia.

The last name Qafishah is most prevalent in Israel, where it is carried by 46 people, or 1 in 186,036. In Israel Qafishah is most frequent in: Jerusalem District, where 89 percent reside, Northern District, where 9 percent reside and Tel Aviv District, where 2 percent reside. Barring Israel this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Saudi Arabia, where 8 percent reside and Qatar, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Qafisha9316/
Qafissah881/
Qafeeshah821/
Kafisha8064/
Kafisah804/
Qafesha801/
Khafisah7519/
Kafuisha751/
Kafitsha751/
Kafisa71165/
Cafisa712/
Kafusha672,637/
Kavisah6760/
Kafesha672/
Khafisa671/

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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 Qafishah
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