Arefat Surname

2,979,664th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 43 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
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Arefat Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Arefat Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia361:2,709,6188,935
Bangladesh41:39,839,19317,324
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403

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 carried by more people in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Arefat click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Arefat? popularity and diffusion

Arefat is the 2,979,664th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 169,477,812 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 84 percent of Arefat live; 84 percent live in East Africa and 84 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most widely held first name at a global level, borne by 28 people.

This last name is most common in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 36 people, or 1 in 2,709,618. Not including Ethiopia this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Bangladesh, where 9 percent reside and Iran, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Arefate921/
Areufat921/
Arefa911,937/
Arafat83221,734/
Harefa8341,174/
Arifat83538/
Arofat83469/
Areefa83130/
Arefah8375/
Ariefa8340/
Garefa8330/
Aarefa837/
Arefai833/
Areifa832/
Arefaj831/
Arrefa831/
Areffa831/
Arjfat831/
Arefea831/
Arafath7717,493/
Arafaat77402/
Gareffa77169/
Garrefa77156/
Arrafat7759/
Ariefah7730/
Arrifat7726/
Hareefa7713/
Harafat7712/
Aarafat7711/
Araffat778/
Harefah776/
Harrefa774/
Hareffa773/
Aareefa773/
Arriefa773/
Haarefa772/
Arafatt772/
Araafat771/
Areefaa771/
Areefha771/
Arafhat771/
Arechfa771/
Arefash771/
Arifath771/
Arifa7322,457/
Orefa734/
Arefo733/
Garreffa711,914/
D'Arifat7147/
Arafaath7118/
Araffath719/
Arieffah718/
Harafath713/
Arrafath713/
Haarifat711/
Aareefay711/
Arifahat711/
Araafath711/
Aarafath711/
Arifah6713,516/
Arifaj672,002/
Arifai67765/
Arefou67294/
Arafad67292/
Harifa67281/
Asrifa67123/
Aarifa6773/
Erafat6731/
Arrifa6726/
Arisfa6723/
Garifa6719/
Ariffa6715/
Arefoh6712/
Araifa6711/
Aurifa677/
Arifea677/
Arifaa675/
Arifha674/
Arifad673/
Arifas673/
Erifat673/
Aridfa671/
Arizfa671/
Arepha671/
Arifay671/
Arhifa671/
Aryfah671/

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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 Arefat
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