Arafane Surname
Approximately 546 people bear this surname
Arafane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 451 | 1:170,249 | 14,413 |
| Indonesia | 94 | 1:1,406,906 | 96,143 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Arafane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Arafane Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Arafane (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﺮﻓﺎﻥ) has its highest incidence in Iran. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Arafane? popularity and diffusion
The surname Arafane is the 576,198th most commonly occurring family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 13,347,154 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Arafane reside; 83 percent reside in South Asia and 83 percent reside in Islamic South Asia.
The last name Arafane is most commonly used in Iran, where it is held by 451 people, or 1 in 170,249. In Iran Arafane is most frequent in: Razavi Khorasan Province, where 79 percent live, Tehran Province, where 11 percent live and Lorestan Province, where 3 percent live. Outside of Iran this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 17 percent live and Morocco, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arafaine | 93 | 6 | / |
| Arafayne | 93 | 2 | / |
| Garafane | 93 | 1 | / |
| Arafan | 92 | 276 | / |
| Arafaneae | 88 | 1 | / |
| Areafaine | 88 | 1 | / |
| Arafani | 86 | 63 | / |
| Harafan | 86 | 49 | / |
| Arafana | 86 | 25 | / |
| Arafine | 86 | 16 | / |
| Garafan | 86 | 4 | / |
| Airafan | 86 | 3 | / |
| Asrafan | 86 | 2 | / |
| Arafain | 86 | 1 | / |
| Arafean | 86 | 1 | / |
| Arafant | 86 | 1 | / |
| Arefane | 86 | 1 | / |
| Arefaine | 80 | 4,464 | / |
| Garofane | 80 | 70 | / |
| Arafahny | 80 | 22 | / |
| Argafani | 80 | 6 | / |
| Harafene | 80 | 2 | / |
| Harafani | 80 | 2 | / |
| Arrafain | 80 | 1 | / |
| Harofane | 80 | 1 | / |
| Harafana | 80 | 1 | / |
| Arofan | 77 | 69 | / |
| Arafon | 77 | 4 | / |
| Arafam | 77 | 1 | / |
| Arefaynea | 75 | 4 | / |
| Garrafone | 75 | 2 | / |
| Arrefayne | 75 | 2 | / |
| Arefainie | 75 | 1 | / |
| Arefayneh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Araphan | 71 | 157 | / |
| Arofani | 71 | 51 | / |
| Aroofan | 71 | 7 | / |
| Harafon | 71 | 7 | / |
| Eirafan | 71 | 4 | / |
| Aroufan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Garofan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Arofatin | 67 | 121 | / |
| Haraphan | 67 | 22 | / |
| Garafoni | 67 | 15 | / |
| Arofaini | 67 | 11 | / |
| Arefeine | 67 | 9 | / |
| Aharavan | 67 | 3 | / |
| Garaphan | 67 | 2 | / |
| Aruofana | 67 | 1 | / |
| Harefani | 67 | 1 | / |
| Arafeina | 67 | 1 | / |
| Araphana | 67 | 1 | / |
| Earaphan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Arefayni | 67 | 1 | / |
Arafane Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Arafane in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻋﺮﻓﺎﻥ | rfan | - |
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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 Arafane
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