Arofa Surname
Approximately 616 people bear this surname
Arofa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 526 | 1:251,424 | 22,929 |
| Papua New Guinea | 43 | 1:189,621 | 26,314 |
| Solomon Islands | 35 | 1:16,572 | 3,167 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Arofa (1,189) may also be a first name.
Arofa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Arofa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Arofa (Hindi: अरोफा, Russian: Арофа) has its highest incidence in Indonesia. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Arofa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 526,285th most commonly used family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,830,432 people. The surname Arofa is primarily found in Asia, where 87 percent of Arofa reside; 86 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 86 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Arofa is also the 229,946th most widely held given name in the world. It is borne by 1,189 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Indonesia, where it is borne by 526 people, or 1 in 251,424. In Indonesia Arofa is mostly found in: East Java, where 40 percent live, Jakarta, where 18 percent live and Central Java, where 16 percent live. Beside Indonesia it exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent live and The Solomon Islands, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Arofa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Arofa in the Hindi language | ||
| अरोफा | aropha | - |
| Arofa in the Russian language | ||
| Арофа | arofa | - |
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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 Arofa
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