Arafa Surname

5,442nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 104,081 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Arafa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Arafa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt82,7061:1,112156
Saudi Arabia7,9501:3,881526
Libya5,1091:1,222327
Algeria1,7261:22,3824,082
Morocco1,5001:22,9843,586
Chad8671:15,6771,955
Bangladesh7211:221,0227,250
Syria4711:40,9792,387
Indonesia3911:338,23329,438
Kuwait3661:10,3841,441
Bahrain2351:5,7391,064
United Arab Emirates2181:42,0294,348
Uganda1991:196,17715,854
India1911:4,016,049108,912
United States1841:1,969,886126,972
Mauritania1741:23,5342,061
Iran1571:489,06129,269
Qatar1191:19,8152,139
Nigeria951:1,864,66166,902
Iraq941:372,5716,843
Tunisia651:9,3941,568
England631:884,41445,970
Palestine561:81,2296,373
Canada521:708,56956,910
Cameroon411:506,56340,818
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
Philippines241:4,218,259160,165
Malaysia211:1,404,48759,312
France181:3,690,151224,666
Tanzania171:3,114,21350,054
Sudan161:2,344,3874,438
Sweden151:656,45048,545
Germany121:6,708,788223,026
Niger111:1,744,72934,351
Italy101:6,115,669111,715
Oman101:368,7975,193
Papua New Guinea101:815,37288,623
Kenya101:4,617,99042,693
Denmark101:564,47234,222
Turkey101:7,782,142126,629
Spain91:5,194,67182,436
Congo91:554,34412,633
Djibouti91:101,659734
Jordan81:1,105,30516,405
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Czechia61:1,772,245105,647
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Yemen51:5,285,05921,214
Bulgaria51:1,395,78141,665
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Pakistan31:59,547,962132,569
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Romania31:6,692,62378,504
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Senegal21:7,289,6718,117
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Benin21:5,167,80184,334
China21:683,660,78330,601
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Comoros11:749,524685
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
São Tomé and Príncipe11:177,4233,686
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109

Arafa (89,418) may also be a first name.

Arafa Last Name Facts

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

Arafa (Arabic: العرفه, Bengali: আরফা, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﺮﻓﻪ, Hindi: आरफा, Marathi: सरदार, Oriya: ଆରଫା, Russian: Арафа) is more commonly found in Egypt than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Arafa? popularity and diffusion

Arafa is the 5,442nd most commonly used surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 70,018 people. The surname Arafa is primarily found in Africa, where 89 percent of Arafa reside; 88 percent reside in North Africa and 84 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 11,255th most commonly used given name globally, borne by 89,418 people.

The surname is most common in Egypt, where it is held by 82,706 people, or 1 in 1,112. Outside of Egypt Arafa occurs in 77 countries. It also occurs in Saudi Arabia, where 8 percent live and Libya, where 5 percent live.

Arafa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.

In The United States those holding the Arafa surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Arafa earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 46.71% less than the national average, earning 184,417 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 3.68% more than the national average, earning R 246,372 per year; in United States they earn 13.11% more than the national average, earning $48,804 USD per year and in Canada they earn 22.18% less than the national average, earning $38,665 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Arafat91221,734/
Arafah9112,163/
Arafaa91462/
Arafad91292/
Garafa91275/
Aarafa91148/
Harafa9150/
Asrafa9119/
Araffa9117/
Arrafa9111/
Araifa9111/
Arafai918/
Arafea918/
Arafoa918/
Arafaj917/
Arafas917/
Arafaz914/
Arafay914/
Araafa911/
Atrafa911/
Garrafa832,132/
Garaffa831,170/
Arafaat83402/
Arrafat8359/
Arafadh8326/
Araifah8324/
Harafat8312/
Aarafat8311/
Harrafa8310/
Araffat838/
Garafga837/
Arrafai834/
Asrafai833/
Harafah832/
Atrafay832/
Arafatt832/
Araffah832/
Hasrafa831/
Harafas831/
Araafat831/
Asrafat831/
Harafau831/
Garaufa831/
Aarafaa831/
Argafai831/
Arafhat831/
Aarafah831/
Arafi801,980/
Arefa801,937/
Arofa80616/
Orafa80195/
Arafo80139/
Arafe80117/
Erafa806/
Arafy805/
Garraffa77415/
Arrashfa771/
Arafathp771/
Araiwfai771/
Arraffai771/
Arraufat771/
Arathfaa771/
Harefa7341,174/
Arofah7312,110/
Asrafi733,667/
Arafeh732,789/
Arrafi731,330/
Harafi73796/
Arafet73590/
Arofat73469/
Araafi73210/
Errafa73137/
Areefa73130/
Garofa73102/
Asrofa7386/
Arefah7375/
Arafit7357/
Harafe7354/
Aarafe7351/
Arafid7334/
Arapha7334/
Atrafi7331/
Araifi7329/
Garafi7327/
Aarafi7313/
Aurafi7313/
Aravah7312/
Asrafe7310/
Atrafy739/
Araufo738/
Aarefa737/
Araffi736/
Argafy733/
Arafoj733/
Arefai733/
Arhofa733/
Garafe733/
Garafo733/
Asrafy733/
Aroofa732/
Eirafa732/
Orafai732/
Areifa732/
Gorafa731/
Arafij731/
Arzafe731/
Areffa731/
Arrefa731/
Oraefa731/
Erafah731/
Aerefa731/
Orafga731/
Orzafa731/
Ourafa731/
Harofa731/
Ahrafi731/
Aerafo731/
Atrafe731/
Arzafi731/
Arefaj731/
Aroffa731/
Aroufa731/
Arafei731/
Araffe731/
Arafie731/
Arafis731/
Arafou731/
Araufi731/
Arofay731/
Harafahad711/
Errafai67615/
Araphat67486/
Errafay67294/
Garaffo67215/
Arrofah67171/
Garaffi67161/
Arrafie67137/
Ahraifi67136/
Arofahs67130/
Garoufa6771/
Harofah6737/
Arraafi6734/
Aerofah6731/
Horafas6717/
Hareefa6713/
Harzafi6711/
Harafit6710/
Gorrafa6710/
Garofai679/
Garrofa679/
Harapha678/
Harefah676/
Aroufaï675/
Harrefa674/
Harrafi674/
Aarrafi674/
Asrafee674/
Hargafi674/
Aareefa673/
Hareffa673/
Atrafeh673/
Garrafo673/
Araphad672/
Haerefa672/
Haarefa672/
Arrafii672/
Ouraffa672/
Aroufay672/
Garrafe672/
Asraffi672/
Aasrafi671/
Aharafi671/
Arafish671/
Areefaa671/
Aroufah671/
Araphah671/
Hasrafi671/
Ajrafeh671/
Aroufai671/
Aroufat671/
Arafeet671/
Haraifi671/
Ahrafis671/
Haraffi671/
Araifou671/
Errafaa671/
Asrofat671/
Harafiz671/

Arafa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Arafa in the Bengali language
আরফাarapha-
Arafa in the Hindi language
आरफाarapha71.43
आराफाarapha9.89
अरफाarapha8.79
अराफाarapha7.69
आऱफाarapha1.1
Arafa in the Oriya language
ଆରଫାarapha50
ଅରଫାarapha40
ଆେରଫାaerapha10
Arafa in the Marathi language
सरदारsaradara50
अरफातaraphata50
Arafa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻋﺮﻓﻪrfh34.62
ﻋﺮﺍﻑraf30.77
ﻋﺮﺍﻓﻪrafh23.08
ﻋﺮﺍﻓﺔraft7.69
ﻋﺮﻓﺔrft3.85
Arafa in the Russian language
Арафаarafa-
Arafa in the Arabic language
العرفهalrfh-
عرفةrft-
عرفهrfh-

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