Arafe Surname
Approximately 117 people bear this surname
Arafe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 81 | 1:947,932 | 44,636 |
| Argentina | 12 | 1:3,561,951 | 138,643 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Albania | 2 | 1:1,457,028 | 24,967 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Arafe (121) may also be a first name.
Arafe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Arafe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Arafe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﺮﺍﻓﻪ, Hindi: अराफे, Marathi: आरफे) is borne by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Arafe.
How Common Is The Last Name Arafe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,683,218th most common last name globally, borne by around 1 in 62,286,717 people. The last name Arafe is primarily found in Asia, where 73 percent of Arafe live; 70 percent live in South Asia and 70 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Arafe is also the 848,089th most commonly occurring first name world-wide, held by 121 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Iran, where it is carried by 81 people, or 1 in 947,932. In Iran Arafe is most frequent in: Fars Province, where 40 percent are found, South Khorasan Province, where 19 percent are found and Tehran Province, where 15 percent are found. Outside of Iran Arafe is found in 19 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 10 percent are found and The United States, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Arafe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Arafe in the Hindi language | ||
| अराफे | araphe | - |
| Arafe in the Marathi language | ||
| आरफे | araphe | 50 |
| अराफे | araphe | 50 |
| Arafe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻋﺮﺍﻓﻪ | rafh | 33.33 |
| ﻋﺮﺍﻑ | raf | 33.33 |
| ﻋﺮﻑ | rf | 33.33 |
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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 Arafe
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