Arafea Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Arafea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solomon Islands | 7 | 1:82,861 | 15,196 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Arafea Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Arafea Come From? nationality or country of origin
Arafea is found in The Solomon Islands more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Arafea? popularity and diffusion
The surname Arafea is the 6,723,624th most frequent last name on earth, held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Arafea is primarily found in Oceania, where 88 percent of Arafea live; 88 percent live in Oceania Islands and 88 percent live in Solomonic Oceania.
This surname is most numerous in The Solomon Islands, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 82,861. In The Solomon Islands Arafea is most common in: Malaita Province, where 100 percent are found. Not including The Solomon Islands this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Canada, 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
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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 Arafea
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