Arefi Surname
Approximately 15,765 people bear this surname
Arefi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 14,941 | 1:5,139 | 706 |
| Afghanistan | 221 | 1:145,490 | 3,172 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| United States | 140 | 1:2,588,992 | 156,804 |
| Canada | 71 | 1:518,952 | 43,932 |
| Romania | 35 | 1:573,653 | 41,852 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Germany | 24 | 1:3,354,394 | 150,996 |
| Sweden | 23 | 1:428,120 | 30,474 |
| France | 10 | 1:6,642,272 | 293,169 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Denmark | 8 | 1:705,589 | 39,626 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Netherlands | 4 | 1:4,221,794 | 131,139 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
Arefi (307) may also be a first name.
Arefi Demographics
Average Arefi Salary in
United States
$64,396 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Arefi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Arefi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Arefi (Hindi: आरेफी, Marathi: आरेफी) is more frequently found in Iran than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Arefi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 33,675th most commonly occurring surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 462,261 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Arefi are found; 96 percent are found in South Asia and 96 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 502,288th most commonly occurring forename worldwide It is held by 307 people.
The surname Arefi is most frequently held in Iran, where it is borne by 14,941 people, or 1 in 5,139. In Iran it is most numerous in: Razavi Khorasan Province, where 14 percent reside, Tehran Province, where 14 percent reside and Kerman Province, where 13 percent reside. Aside from Iran Arefi exists in 37 countries. It is also found in Afghanistan, where 1 percent reside and Saudi Arabia, where 1 percent reside.
Arefi Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Arefi surname are 20.8% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 67.57% registered with the party.
The amount Arefi earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 17.88% less than the national average, earning 284,194 kr per year; in United States they earn 49.24% more than the national average, earning $64,396 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.9% less than the national average, earning $44,266 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Arefi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Arefi in the Hindi language | ||
| आरेफी | arephi | - |
| Arefi in the Marathi language | ||
| आरेफी | arephi | - |
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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 Arefi
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