Arfara Surname

2,689,253rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 52 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Arfara Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Arfara Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece381:291,57342,990
Brazil91:23,786,037375,389
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098

Arfara Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Arfara Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Arfara (Hindi: आरफरा) has its highest incidence in Greece. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Arfara.

How Common Is The Last Name Arfara? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,689,253rd most frequent surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 140,145,114 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 79 percent of Arfara live; 73 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 73 percent live in Helleno-Europe.

The surname is most frequent in Greece, where it is borne by 38 people, or 1 in 291,573. In Greece it is most numerous in: South Aegean, where 50 percent are found, Attica, where 39 percent are found and Crete, where 11 percent are found. Besides Greece this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 17 percent are found and Sweden, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Arfaras92283/
Arfaraz925/
Arfarad921/
Arfaraj921/
Asrfaraz861/
Asrfaraj861/
Arfaro838/
Arfari834/
Arfera834/
Arfora831/
Garfari779/
Arfarás771/
Arfero6725/
Orfera674/
Orfaro673/
Orfeira621/
Arforio621/
Arfores621/
Hoorfari5728/
Hourfari572/
Harffore570/
Atrforosh531/
Atrforoush504/
Orfori501/
Hoorfarest501/

Arfara Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Arfara in the Hindi language
आरफराaraphara50
अरफराaraphara50

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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 Arfara
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