Arfat Surname
Approximately 20,696 people bear this surname
Arfat Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 9,554 | 1:18,698 | 1,107 |
| Bangladesh | 6,849 | 1:23,267 | 1,601 |
| Egypt | 2,502 | 1:36,745 | 3,820 |
| India | 668 | 1:1,148,301 | 46,645 |
| Saudi Arabia | 318 | 1:97,031 | 14,320 |
| Nigeria | 312 | 1:567,765 | 27,529 |
| United Arab Emirates | 208 | 1:44,049 | 4,464 |
| Indonesia | 80 | 1:1,653,115 | 108,474 |
| Turkey | 75 | 1:1,037,619 | 46,427 |
| England | 34 | 1:1,638,766 | 68,634 |
| Qatar | 28 | 1:84,214 | 9,043 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Oman | 5 | 1:737,594 | 6,889 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Jordan | 3 | 1:2,947,479 | 21,051 |
| Northern Ireland | 3 | 1:615,012 | 18,081 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Arfat (13,962) may also be a first name.
Arfat Demographics
Arfat Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Arfat Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Arfat Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Arfat (Hindi: अरफात, Marathi: अरफात, Oriya: ଆରଫତ, Russian: Арфат) is held by more people in Pakistan than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Arfat.
How Common Is The Last Name Arfat? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 26,002nd most widely held family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 352,123 people. Arfat is primarily found in Asia, where 86 percent of Arfat are found; 82 percent are found in South Asia and 80 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Arfat is also the 48,701st most commonly used first name globally. It is borne by 13,962 people.
The surname Arfat is most numerous in Pakistan, where it is borne by 9,554 people, or 1 in 18,698. In Pakistan it is mostly concentrated in: Punjab, where 53 percent live, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 20 percent live and Sindh, where 14 percent live. Excluding Pakistan Arfat occurs in 35 countries. It is also found in Bangladesh, where 33 percent live and Egypt, where 12 percent live.
Arfat Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Muslim (97%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Arfat Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Arfat in the Hindi language | ||
| अरफात | araphata | 82.16 |
| अरफत | araphata | 13.51 |
| Arfat in the Marathi language | ||
| अरफात | araphata | 78.53 |
| अरफत | araphata | 17.18 |
| आरफात | araphata | 2.45 |
| Arfat in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆରଫତ | araphata | 33.33 |
| ଅରଫାତ | araphata | 33.33 |
| ଅରଫତ | araphata | 33.33 |
| Arfat in the Russian language | ||
| Арфат | arfat | - |
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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 Arfat
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