Arfayan Surname
Approximately 312 people bear this surname
Arfayan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 311 | 1:425,239 | 35,658 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
Arfayan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Arfayan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Arfayan is found in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Arfayan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 868,551st most commonly occurring family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 23,357,519 people. The last name Arfayan is predominantly found in Oceania, where 96 percent of Arfayan are found; 96 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 96 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.
The last name is most prevalent in Indonesia, where it is carried by 311 people, or 1 in 425,239. In Indonesia it is mostly concentrated in: Papua, where 87 percent are found, West Papua, where 9 percent are found and North Maluku, where 3 percent are found. Excluding Indonesia Arfayan is found in one country. It is also found in Iran, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arfiyan | 86 | 98 | / |
| Arfaian | 86 | 35 | / |
| Arfeyan | 86 | 1 | / |
| Arfiyant | 80 | 7 | / |
| Harfiyan | 80 | 4 | / |
| Arfain | 77 | 67 | / |
| Arfean | 77 | 2 | / |
| Gorfayn | 71 | 4 | / |
| Erfiyan | 71 | 3 | / |
| Garfain | 71 | 1 | / |
| Earfain | 71 | 1 | / |
| Aarfain | 71 | 1 | / |
| Arffain | 71 | 1 | / |
| Horfayn | 71 | 1 | / |
| Herfiyan | 67 | 15 | / |
| Arfeen | 62 | 3,903 | / |
| Arfien | 62 | 5 | / |
| Arfoun | 62 | 4 | / |
| Arfein | 62 | 4 | / |
| Erfain | 62 | 4 | / |
| Garfein | 57 | 113 | / |
| Gorfain | 57 | 102 | / |
| Aarfeen | 57 | 75 | / |
| Gorfajn | 57 | 13 | / |
| Harfeen | 57 | 11 | / |
| Garfien | 57 | 10 | / |
| Harfoun | 57 | 6 | / |
| Arfeenh | 57 | 3 | / |
| Airfeen | 57 | 2 | / |
| Arfoune | 57 | 2 | / |
| Gourfain | 53 | 5 | / |
| Aharfoune | 50 | 136 | / |
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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 Arfayan
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