Al Arfi Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Oman
Highest density in:
Oman

Al Arfi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Al Arfi Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Oman41:921,9937,313
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

Al Arfi Last Name Facts

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

Al Arfi is more commonly found in Oman than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of Al Arfi click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Al Arfi? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 7,593,402nd most commonly occurring surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Al Arfi live; 83 percent live in West Asia and 83 percent live in Arabian Peninsula.

Al Arfi is most commonly used in Oman, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 921,993. Besides Oman this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 17 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, where 17 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Al Harfi936/
Al Harfiz881/
Al Arfa865/
Al Arfe861/
Al Arfaj801,204/
Al Harfa807/
Al-Harfi805/
Al Arfee804/
Al Herfi802/
Al-Garfi801/
Al-Orfi711/
Al-Arfaj672,444/
Al-Harfy671/
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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 Al Arfi
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