Arefan Surname

1,272,314th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 180 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Arefan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Arefan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran1731:443,83027,461
India71:109,580,769786,157

Arefan (359) may also be a first name.

Arefan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Arefan (Hindi: आरेफान, Marathi: आरेफान) occurs in Iran more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Arefan? popularity and diffusion

The last name Arefan is the 1,272,314th most frequent last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 40,486,366 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Arefan reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 96 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Arefan is also the 459,598th most frequently occurring first name worldwide It is held by 359 people.

The surname is most frequently held in Iran, where it is held by 173 people, or 1 in 443,830. In Iran it is mostly concentrated in: Isfahan Province, where 32 percent reside, Tehran Province, where 27 percent reside and Khuzestan Province, where 14 percent reside. Outside of Iran this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in India, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ariefan9214/
Harefan9213/
Arefaan924/
Areefan923/
Garefan922/
Arefane921/
Arefaine864,464/
Arefayne863,079/
Garefain867/
Gareefan862/
Hareefan861/
Arifan83845/
Arafan83276/
Arofan8369/
Erefan833/
Arefanova805/
Arrefayne802/
Arefayneh801/
Areafaine801/
Harifan7762/
Harafan7749/
Aurifan7724/
Ariffan7720/
Arifain7714/
Arisfan7713/
Aarifan7712/
Airafan773/
Garifan773/
Arephan771/
Arafean771/
Arifaan771/
Asrifan771/
Arafain771/
Arifatin71139/
Areephan7113/
Arefeine719/
Ariffain714/
Arrafain711/
Harrifan711/
Arifon6780/
Arifanova6744/
Erafan6741/
Orifan6715/
Aryfanova675/
Arafon674/
Areephant672/
Arifam671/
Arreephan671/
Erifan671/
Areephand671/

Arefan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Arefan in the Hindi language
आरेफानarephana-
Arefan in the Marathi language
आरेफानarephana60
आरेफनarephana20
अरेफानarephana20

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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 Arefan
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