Arafy Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United Arab Emirates

Arafy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Arafy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

Arafy Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Arafy Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Arafy occurs most in The United States. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Arafy? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 8,193,072nd most commonly occurring last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 40 percent of Arafy live; 40 percent live in North Africa and 40 percent live in Anglo-North America.

Arafy is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. Aside from The United States this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 20 percent live and Morocco, where 20 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Atrafy919/
Arafay914/
Asrafy913/
Argafy913/
Atrafay832/
Arafa80104,081/
Arafi801,980/
Arafe80117/
Arefy8029/
Orafy802/
Asrafi733,667/
Arafeh732,789/
Arrafi731,330/
Harafi73796/
Arafet73590/
Arafaa73462/
Araafi73210/
Aarafa73148/
Arafit7357/
Arefyi7354/
Harafe7354/
Aarafe7351/
Harafa7350/
Arafid7334/
Atrafi7331/
Araifi7329/
Garafi7327/
Araffa7317/
Aarafi7313/
Aurafi7313/
Arrafa7311/
Araifa7311/
Asrafe7310/
Erafyi739/
Arafea738/
Arafai738/
Arafoa738/
Arafaj737/
Araffi736/
Arefiy736/
Gorafy734/
Arofhy733/
Garafe733/
Arafoj733/
Aerafe732/
Ahrafi731/
Arzafe731/
Arafij731/
Arafie731/
Atrafe731/
Arzafi731/
Arafei731/
Araffe731/
Arafis731/
Araufi731/
Araefe731/
Errafy731/
Arofay731/
Araafa731/
Errafiy67653/
Errafay67294/
Oeraify67285/
Garaffi67161/
Arrafie67137/
Ahraifi67136/
Arraafi6734/
Harzafi6711/
Harafit6710/
Harrafa6710/
Aarrafi674/
Asrafee674/
Arrafai674/
Harrafi674/
Hargafi674/
Asrafai673/
Atrafeh673/
Asraffi672/
Garrafe672/
Aroufay672/
Arrafii672/
Arafeet671/
Argafai671/
Haraifi671/
Ahrafis671/
Aarafaa671/
Arafish671/
Aharafi671/
Aasrafi671/
Ajrafeh671/
Haraffi671/
Errafyi671/
Hasrafi671/
Harafiz671/

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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 Arafy
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