Arafar Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Arafar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 22 | 1:6,011,327 | 267,290 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Arafar (25) may also be a first name.
Arafar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Arafar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Arafar is more frequently found in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Arafar click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Arafar? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,485,539th most frequently occurring surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 97 percent of Arafar reside; 69 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 69 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 2,136,160th most widespread given name world-wide, held by 25 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Indonesia, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 6,011,327. In Indonesia Arafar is primarily concentrated in: Aceh, where 41 percent reside, Riau, where 32 percent reside and Lampung, where 27 percent reside. Apart from Indonesia it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in India, where 19 percent reside and Iran, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arazfar | 92 | 19 | / |
| Garafar | 92 | 5 | / |
| Arasfar | 92 | 1 | / |
| Arafahr | 92 | 1 | / |
| Aradfar | 92 | 1 | / |
| Arashfar | 86 | 34 | / |
| Garaffar | 86 | 1 | / |
| Erafar | 83 | 11 | / |
| Arefar | 83 | 2 | / |
| Arofar | 83 | 1 | / |
| Arashfarz | 80 | 1 | / |
| Arafarova | 80 | 1 | / |
| Areffar | 77 | 224 | / |
| Araphar | 77 | 2 | / |
| Arafour | 77 | 1 | / |
| Aharavar | 71 | 360 | / |
| Arzoufar | 71 | 21 | / |
| Haraphar | 71 | 1 | / |
| Haraford | 71 | 0 | / |
| Orafor | 67 | 36 | / |
| Arofor | 67 | 3 | / |
| Erefar | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aradphare | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aruofor | 62 | 102 | / |
| Oraifor | 62 | 5 | / |
| Aroufor | 62 | 1 | / |
| Oreafor | 62 | 1 | / |
| Aroford | 62 | 0 | / |
| Heroofar | 57 | 13 | / |
| Oreifard | 57 | 7 | / |
| Orawford | 57 | 1 | / |
| Orofor | 50 | 41 | / |
| Erefor | 50 | 31 | / |
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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 Arafar
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