Qaftan Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Qaftan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 5 | 1:6,430,637 | 27,710 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
Qaftan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Qaftan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Qaftan occurs most in Afghanistan. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Qaftan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Qaftan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Qaftan is the 6,063,924th most frequent surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname Qaftan occurs predominantly in Asia, where 60 percent of Qaftan reside; 50 percent reside in South Asia and 50 percent reside in Islamic South Asia.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Afghanistan, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 6,430,637. In Afghanistan it is primarily concentrated in: Kabul, where 100 percent are found. Without taking into account Afghanistan this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 40 percent are found and Georgia, where 10 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 Qaftan
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