Arifai Surname
Approximately 765 people bear this surname
Arifai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 700 | 1:188,927 | 18,083 |
| Albania | 41 | 1:71,075 | 8,058 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Finland | 5 | 1:1,099,340 | 45,512 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Arifai (1,175) may also be a first name.
Arifai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Arifai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Arifai (Hindi: आरिफाई) occurs most in Indonesia. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Arifai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Arifai is the 445,853rd most common last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 9,526,204 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 92 percent of Arifai live; 92 percent live in Southeast Asia and 92 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Arifai is also the 231,625th most numerous first name globally, held by 1,175 people.
The last name is most numerous in Indonesia, where it is carried by 700 people, or 1 in 188,927. In Indonesia Arifai is mostly found in: South Sulawesi, where 34 percent are found, East Java, where 20 percent are found and Central Java, where 11 percent are found. Not including Indonesia this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Albania, where 5 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Arifai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Arifai in the Hindi language | ||
| आरिफाई | aripha'i | - |
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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 Arifai
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