Arffin Surname
Approximately 75 people bear this surname
Arffin Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 71 | 1:415,412 | 21,545 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Arffin (19) may also be a first name.
Arffin Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Arffin Come From? nationality or country of origin
Arffin occurs in Malaysia more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Arffin? popularity and diffusion
Arffin is the 2,185,341st most widely held family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 97,167,279 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Arffin live; 95 percent live in Southeast Asia and 95 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 2,523,061st most commonly held first name globally, borne by 19 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Malaysia, where it is borne by 71 people, or 1 in 415,412. In Malaysia it is most prevalent in: Selangor, where 30 percent live, Kelantan, where 20 percent live and Johor, where 15 percent live. Beside Malaysia this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 4 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harffin | 92 | 1 | / |
| Arrffin | 92 | 1 | / |
| Arzffin | 92 | 1 | / |
| Garffin | 92 | 0 | / |
| Arfin | 91 | 8,494 | / |
| Arffn | 91 | 1 | / |
| Garfin | 83 | 1,787 | / |
| Arfina | 83 | 1,785 | / |
| Aarfin | 83 | 338 | / |
| Harfin | 83 | 190 | / |
| Arfien | 83 | 5 | / |
| Arrfin | 83 | 5 | / |
| Airfin | 83 | 1 | / |
| Arfn | 80 | 9 | / |
| Harffen | 77 | 17 | / |
| Aarfing | 77 | 3 | / |
| Aarfinn | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gorffin | 77 | 0 | / |
| Orfin | 73 | 487 | / |
| Erfin | 73 | 260 | / |
| Arfen | 73 | 18 | / |
| Arfim | 73 | 2 | / |
| Arfne | 73 | 1 | / |
| Arfinova | 71 | 2 | / |
| Arfeen | 67 | 3,903 | / |
| Gorfin | 67 | 92 | / |
| Garfen | 67 | 35 | / |
| Arphin | 67 | 18 | / |
| Harfen | 67 | 12 | / |
| Herfin | 67 | 11 | / |
| Đerfin | 67 | 8 | / |
| Orfina | 67 | 6 | / |
| Aarfen | 67 | 5 | / |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Arffin
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