Arafia Surname
Approximately 170 people bear this surname
Arafia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Arafia (193) may also be a first name.
Arafia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Arafia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Arafia (Hindi: आरफिा) is more frequently found in Egypt than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Arafia? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,321,499th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 42,867,917 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Arafia are found; 90 percent are found in North Africa and 90 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. Arafia is also the 653,740th most commonly used first name world-wide, held by 193 people.
Arafia is most commonly held in Egypt, where it is carried by 153 people, or 1 in 600,887. Other than Egypt it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 6 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arafiah | 92 | 45 | / |
| Garafia | 92 | 8 | / |
| Arafiha | 92 | 8 | / |
| Araifia | 92 | 4 | / |
| Asrafia | 92 | 3 | / |
| Arrafia | 92 | 3 | / |
| Aarafia | 92 | 1 | / |
| Harafiah | 86 | 16 | / |
| Harafias | 86 | 3 | / |
| Airhafia | 86 | 1 | / |
| Arafea | 83 | 8 | / |
| Arofia | 83 | 5 | / |
| Arefia | 83 | 2 | / |
| Orafia | 83 | 1 | / |
| Errafia | 77 | 171 | / |
| Arofiah | 77 | 78 | / |
| Arofhia | 77 | 38 | / |
| Garofia | 77 | 13 | / |
| Airefia | 77 | 2 | / |
| Garaffio | 71 | 12 | / |
| Errafiaa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Airhefia | 71 | 2 | / |
| Orofia | 67 | 7 | / |
| Erofia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Errafya | 62 | 1 | / |
| Horafios | 57 | 16 | / |
| Harafjoo | 57 | 10 | / |
| Arefjaha | 57 | 1 | / |
| Orofio | 50 | 2 | / |
| Arefjo | 50 | 1 | / |
Arafia Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Arafia in the Hindi language | ||
| आरफिा | araphia | - |
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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 Arafia
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