 In 1882, the PEF's "Survey of Western Palestine" described Kafr 'Ana as a village built of adobe bricks and surrounded by palm trees.In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Kufr 'Ana had a population of 1,374 inhabitants, all Muslims.increasing the 1931 census to 1,824, still all Muslims, in a total of 449 houses.