Arifoğlu Surname
Approximately 1,473 people bear this surname
Arifoğlu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 1,310 | 1:59,406 | 5,714 |
| Northern Cyprus | 161 | 1:1,981 | 227 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
The alternate forms: Arifoglu (55) are calculated separately.
Arifoğlu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Arifoğlu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Arifoğlu has its highest incidence in Turkey. It may also occur as: Arifoglu. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Arifoğlu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Arifoğlu is the 265,540th most frequently used surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,947,417 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 71 percent of Arifoğlu live; 71 percent live in West Asia and 71 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.
The last name is most frequently used in Turkey, where it is held by 1,310 people, or 1 in 59,406. In Turkey it is most prevalent in: Istanbul Province, where 24 percent reside, Bursa Province, where 11 percent reside and Ankara Province, where 8 percent reside. Excluding Turkey it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Northern Cyprus, where 11 percent reside and Jordan, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arifoglu | 96 | 55 | / |
| Erifoğlu | 88 | 2 | / |
| Arefeoğlu | 82 | 61 | / |
| Arifioglu | 82 | 59 | / |
| Arifoglou | 82 | 38 | / |
| Erifolu | 80 | 5 | / |
| Arfoglu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Arifeogllu | 78 | 3 | / |
| Oriofolu | 75 | 2 | / |
| Ürfüoğlu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Erifoglu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Garifalou | 71 | 14 | / |
| Arfoekelu | 71 | 2 | / |
| Garifallou | 67 | 36 | / |
| Erefolu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Arefkol | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aravikollu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Garyfalou | 59 | 101 | / |
| Garefalou | 59 | 63 | / |
| Garyfallou | 56 | 674 | / |
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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 Arifoğlu
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