Arafai Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Arafai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Arafai (17) may also be a first name.
Arafai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Arafai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Arafai has its highest incidence in Niger. It may occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Arafai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,723,624th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Arafai are found; 75 percent are found in West Africa and 75 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Arafai is also the 2,694,839th most commonly used first name internationally, held by 17 people.
The last name Arafai is most frequent in Niger, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 3,198,670. In Niger Arafai is mostly found in: Tahoua Region, where 83 percent are found and Tillabéri Region, where 17 percent are found. Barring Niger this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Bangladesh, where 13 percent are found and India, where 13 percent are found.
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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 Arafai
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