Çafa Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Çafa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | 32 | 1:91,064 | 9,211 |
| Turkey | 9 | 1:8,646,825 | 130,497 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
The alternate forms: Cafa (879), Cafã (2) & Cafá (1) are calculated separately.
Çafa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Çafa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Çafa is found most frequently in Albania. It may occur as a variant: Cafa, Cafã or Cafá. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Çafa? popularity and diffusion
Çafa is the 3,017,195th most frequently occurring surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 79 percent of Çafa reside; 79 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 79 percent reside in Albano-Europe.
This last name is most frequently used in Albania, where it is carried by 32 people, or 1 in 91,064. In Albania it is primarily concentrated in: Elbasan County, where 47 percent reside, Durrës County, where 22 percent reside and Vlorë County, where 13 percent reside. Outside of Albania this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Turkey, where 21 percent reside and Kosovo, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cafa | 92 | 879 | / |
| Çafaj | 89 | 74 | / |
| Çafai | 89 | 1 | / |
| Cafã | 83 | 2 | / |
| Cafá | 83 | 1 | / |
| Safa | 75 | 45,280 | / |
| Zafa | 75 | 943 | / |
| Çefa | 75 | 50 | / |
| Xafa | 75 | 15 | / |
| Šafa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Saffa | 67 | 21,761 | / |
| Shafa | 67 | 14,247 | / |
| Safai | 67 | 7,225 | / |
| Safaa | 67 | 6,805 | / |
| Xhafa | 67 | 5,605 | / |
| Chafa | 67 | 3,557 | / |
| Siafa | 67 | 3,442 | / |
| Safat | 67 | 3,202 | / |
| Safoa | 67 | 1,260 | / |
| Caffa | 67 | 1,206 | / |
| Saifa | 67 | 1,115 | / |
| Safah | 67 | 734 | / |
| Tsafa | 67 | 536 | / |
| Safad | 67 | 318 | / |
| Zaafa | 67 | 310 | / |
| Safha | 67 | 157 | / |
| Safau | 67 | 150 | / |
| Caifa | 67 | 130 | / |
| Saufa | 67 | 124 | / |
| Zaffa | 67 | 114 | / |
| Zaifa | 67 | 114 | / |
| Saefa | 67 | 107 | / |
| Safay | 67 | 103 | / |
| Safaj | 67 | 82 | / |
| Šaffa | 67 | 70 | / |
| Safas | 67 | 52 | / |
| Saafa | 67 | 43 | / |
| Safea | 67 | 42 | / |
| Tzafa | 67 | 39 | / |
| Sadfa | 67 | 35 | / |
| Safaz | 67 | 34 | / |
| Cafay | 67 | 31 | / |
| Ciafa | 67 | 25 | / |
| Satfa | 67 | 24 | / |
| Dzafa | 67 | 21 | / |
| Sasfa | 67 | 21 | / |
| Zayfa | 67 | 18 | / |
| Seafa | 67 | 15 | / |
| Zahfa | 67 | 13 | / |
| Sahfa | 67 | 9 | / |
| Zafaa | 67 | 8 | / |
| Sayfa | 67 | 6 | / |
| Zafai | 67 | 5 | / |
| Caufa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Zhafa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Hsafa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Safga | 67 | 2 | / |
| Zafay | 67 | 2 | / |
| Cafai | 67 | 2 | / |
| Cafha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Saf'a | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zafau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zafah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dsafa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sazfa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sgafa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sapfa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Şafai | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Çafa
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