Arfak Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Arfak Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 45 | 1:2,938,871 | 165,726 |
| India | 15 | 1:51,137,692 | 512,385 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
Arfak (78) may also be a first name.
Arfak Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Arfak Come From? nationality or country of origin
Arfak (Arabic: ارفاك, Hindi: अरफाक, Marathi: अरफाक) is most common in Indonesia. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Arfak? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,273,756th most commonly occurring last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 104,107,799 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 83 percent of Arfak are found; 61 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 61 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,091,646th most frequently used given name in the world, held by 78 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Indonesia, where it is carried by 45 people, or 1 in 2,938,871. In Indonesia it is most numerous in: North Maluku, where 73 percent live, East Java, where 22 percent live and West Papua, where 4 percent live. Outside of Indonesia Arfak is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in India, where 21 percent live and Morocco, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Arfak Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Arfak in the Marathi language | ||
| अरफाक | araphaka | - |
| Arfak in the Hindi language | ||
| अरफाक | araphaka | 94.44 |
| अरफक | araphaka | 5.56 |
| Arfak in the Arabic language | ||
| ارفاك | arfak | - |
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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 Arfak
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