Arafit Surname
Approximately 57 people bear this surname
Arafit Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 56 | 1:2,361,593 | 141,864 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Arafit (129) may also be a first name.
Arafit Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Arafit Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Arafit (Hindi: आरफीत) is held by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Arafit? popularity and diffusion
Arafit is the 2,555,468th most numerous last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 127,851,683 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Arafit live; 100 percent live in Southeast Asia and 100 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 818,356th most frequent first name throughout the world It is held by 129 people.
It is most numerous in Indonesia, where it is held by 56 people, or 1 in 2,361,593. In Indonesia Arafit is primarily found in: West Sumatra, where 54 percent live, North Sumatra, where 13 percent live and Maluku, where 11 percent live. Outside of Indonesia Arafit is found in one country. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Arafit Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Arafit in the Hindi language | ||
| आरफीत | araphita | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Arafit
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