Arfaras Surname

930,678th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 283 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Arfaras Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Arfaras Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece1421:78,02713,128
United States541:6,712,202314,667
Argentina351:1,221,24071,984
Australia131:2,076,59293,242
Belgium101:1,149,66482,403
Italy91:6,795,188113,457
England81:6,964,757184,742
France41:16,605,680368,153
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

The alternate forms: Arfarás (1) are calculated separately.

Arfaras Last Name Facts

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

Arfaras is held by more people in Greece than any other country or territory. It can also appear as: Arfarás. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Arfaras? popularity and diffusion

Arfaras is the 930,678th most widely held last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 25,751,046 people. The surname Arfaras occurs predominantly in Europe, where 63 percent of Arfaras reside; 50 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 50 percent reside in Helleno-Europe.

This surname is most widely held in Greece, where it is held by 142 people, or 1 in 78,027. In Greece Arfaras is primarily concentrated in: Attica, where 47 percent live, South Aegean, where 41 percent live and Central Greece, where 12 percent live. Barring Greece it occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 19 percent live and Argentina, where 12 percent live.

Arfaras Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Arfaras surname are 11.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 58.33% registered with the party.

Arfaras earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 38.57% more than the national average, earning $59,790 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Arfarás951/
Arfara9252/
Arfaraz865/
Arfaraj861/
Arfarad861/
Asrfaraj801/
Asrfaraz801/
Arfaro778/
Arfora771/
Atrforosh631/
Orfaro623/
Atrforoush594/
Orfeira571/

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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 Arfaras
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