Arafaa Surname
Approximately 462 people bear this surname
Arafaa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 458 | 1:200,733 | 14,525 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Arafaa (110) may also be a first name.
Arafaa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Arafaa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Arafaa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﺮﺍﻓﻪ) is found most frequently in Egypt. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Arafaa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 653,013th most frequently used last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 15,773,909 people. Arafaa is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Arafaa live; 99 percent live in North Africa and 99 percent live in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 895,203rd most commonly held first name throughout the world, borne by 110 people.
This last name is most frequent in Egypt, where it is borne by 458 people, or 1 in 200,733. Without taking into account Egypt this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent live and Israel, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Arafaa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Arafaa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻋﺮﺍﻓﻪ | rafh | - |
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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 Arafaa
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