Barafon Surname

1,537,949th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 135 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Barafon Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Barafon Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines1261:803,47876,852
Iran91:8,531,392160,212

Barafon Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Barafon Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Barafon is found in The Philippines more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Barafon? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,537,949th most numerous last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 53,981,822 people. The last name Barafon occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Barafon live; 92 percent live in Southeast Asia and 92 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia.

This surname is most commonly occurring in The Philippines, where it is borne by 126 people, or 1 in 803,478. In The Philippines it is mostly found in: Central Visayas, where 40 percent live, Davao Region, where 28 percent live and Northern Mindanao, where 14 percent live. Besides The Philippines it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Iran, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Barrafon9393/
Barrafont881/
Barafan86132/
Barafane803/
Barrafón802/
Borrafon801/
Barrafan801/
Baraphong754/
Barafanova7149/
Warafan713/
Uarafan711/
Waraphon67882/
Baraphan6711/
Varaphon676/
Bourafan671/
Bosrofon671/
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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 Barafon
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