Arfa Surname
Approximately 19,771 people bear this surname
Arfa Surname Definition:
(from an ancestor's occupation) The Polish word for a tool used to separate the chaff from the grain. Name assumed by a grain merchant.
Arfa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 6,712 | 1:13,697 | 1,644 |
| Indonesia | 2,174 | 1:60,832 | 6,661 |
| Jordan | 2,138 | 1:4,136 | 849 |
| Palestine | 1,394 | 1:3,263 | 715 |
| Algeria | 1,349 | 1:28,637 | 5,198 |
| Iran | 1,336 | 1:57,472 | 6,248 |
| Bangladesh | 991 | 1:160,804 | 5,900 |
| Morocco | 988 | 1:34,895 | 5,588 |
| Saudi Arabia | 557 | 1:55,396 | 7,891 |
| Togo | 420 | 1:17,257 | 5,159 |
| India | 269 | 1:2,851,544 | 87,023 |
| United States | 266 | 1:1,362,628 | 94,589 |
| Kuwait | 260 | 1:14,618 | 1,974 |
| Pakistan | 155 | 1:1,152,541 | 14,066 |
| Tunisia | 134 | 1:4,557 | 718 |
| Syria | 87 | 1:221,851 | 4,134 |
| United Arab Emirates | 57 | 1:160,742 | 11,909 |
| Lebanon | 57 | 1:98,896 | 5,947 |
| Nigeria | 53 | 1:3,342,316 | 100,395 |
| France | 49 | 1:1,355,566 | 135,191 |
| Cameroon | 39 | 1:532,540 | 42,124 |
| Niger | 32 | 1:599,751 | 14,963 |
| Oman | 29 | 1:127,171 | 3,290 |
| Yemen | 28 | 1:943,760 | 11,445 |
| England | 22 | 1:2,532,639 | 91,802 |
| Canada | 20 | 1:1,842,280 | 119,096 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Burkina Faso | 14 | 1:1,310,864 | 11,575 |
| Malaysia | 14 | 1:2,106,730 | 83,604 |
| Belgium | 13 | 1:884,357 | 69,774 |
| Switzerland | 12 | 1:684,410 | 46,196 |
| Argentina | 12 | 1:3,561,951 | 138,643 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Venezuela | 5 | 1:6,040,815 | 47,898 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
The alternate forms: Árfa (7) are calculated separately.
Arfa (25,825) may also be a first name.
Arfa Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(from an ancestor's occupation) The Polish word for a tool used to separate the chaff from the grain. Name assumed by a grain merchant.
Arfa Demographics
Average Arfa Salary in
United States
$58,808 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Arfa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Arfa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Arfa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﺮﻓﻪ, Hindi: आरफा, Russian: Арфа) occurs in Egypt more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as: Árfa. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Arfa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 27,178th most frequent last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 368,598 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 49 percent of Arfa are found; 46 percent are found in North Africa and 34 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. Arfa is also the 31,214th most frequently occurring forename world-wide, borne by 25,825 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Egypt, where it is borne by 6,712 people, or 1 in 13,697. Beside Egypt this surname is found in 72 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 11 percent are found and Jordan, where 11 percent are found.
Arfa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Arfa surname is principally Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.
In The United States Arfa are 41.06% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 94.29% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Arfa earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 36.29% more than the national average, earning $58,808 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.75% less than the national average, earning $41,360 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Arfa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Arfa in the Hindi language | ||
| आरफा | arapha | 86.2 |
| अरफा | arapha | 12.76 |
| आरफ़ा | arafa | 0.45 |
| अर्फा | arpha | 0.26 |
| अरफ़ा | arafa | 0.14 |
| आर्फ़ा | arfa | 0.12 |
| ऊर्फ | urpha | 0.05 |
| आरफ़ा | arafa | 0.02 |
| Arfa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻋﺮﻓﻪ | rfh | 80 |
| ﺁﺭﻓﺎ | arfa | 20 |
| Arfa in the Russian language | ||
| Арфа | arfa | - |
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