Arefat Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
Arefat Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 36 | 1:2,709,618 | 8,935 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
Arefat (28) may also be a first name.
Arefat Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Arefat Come From? nationality or country of origin
Arefat is found most frequently in Ethiopia. It can be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Arefat? popularity and diffusion
Arefat is the 2,979,664th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 169,477,812 people. The surname Arefat occurs mostly in Africa, where 84 percent of Arefat live; 84 percent live in East Africa and 84 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Arefat is also the 1,994,417th most commonly used first name on earth, borne by 28 people.
The last name Arefat is most frequent in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 36 people, or 1 in 2,709,618. Excluding Ethiopia this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Bangladesh, where 9 percent are found and Iran, where 2 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
- 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 Arefat
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