Barfa Surname

1,581,912th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 129 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Romania

Barfa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Barfa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India871:8,816,843179,063
Romania381:528,36539,789
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110

Barfa (1,953) may also be a first name.

Barfa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Barfa (Hindi: बरफा, Marathi: बरफा) is held by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Barfa.

How Common Is The Last Name Barfa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,581,912th most common last name in the world, held by around 1 in 56,492,604 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 68 percent of Barfa live; 67 percent live in South Asia and 53 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Barfa is also the 171,497th most prevalent given name globally, held by 1,953 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in India, where it is carried by 87 people, or 1 in 8,816,843. In India it is most numerous in: Telangana, where 64 percent live, Jammu and Kashmir, where 21 percent live and Maharashtra, where 14 percent live. Beside India this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Romania, where 29 percent live and Argentina, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Barfat91521/
Barfah91477/
Barfay919/
Barfad912/
Batrfa911/
Barfoa911/
Barfai911/
Bajrfa911/
Barrfa911/
Barfaid83199/
Barfaut8310/
Barfach837/
Barfaat835/
Barfait834/
Barfajt832/
Warfa808,597/
Barfi804,964/
Barfe801,098/
Borfa8029/
Varfa8026/
Berfa8022/
Barfo8012/
Barfy802/
Uarfa802/
Warfaa733,968/
Barfid73870/
Barfod73656/
Bourfa73233/
Barfeh73170/
Warfah73141/
Varfaj73101/
Barpha7361/
Borfay7331/
Borfai7312/
Barfou7312/
Barfer7312/
Berfai738/
Barfed737/
Varfas736/
Barfie735/
Barfot735/
Barffo735/
Bárfai733/
Barfee732/
Barfet732/
Barfiz731/
Barfoi731/
Barhfe731/
Batrfi731/
Batrfy731/
Barfei731/
Barrfi731/
Barffi731/
Borfas731/
Varfat731/
Borfea731/
Barfis730/
Barfit730/
Barfoot673,850/
Barfett67138/
Barfitt6793/
Barfish6738/
Barfoth6737/
Barffeh6712/
Bourfaa6711/
Barfoud679/
Barrfit677/
Barfesh675/
Boutrfa672/
Barfott671/
Borfeah671/
Barfoss671/
Barfood671/
Barrfos671/
Barfoos670/

Barfa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Barfa in the Marathi language
बरफाbarapha91.3
बरफbarapha8.7
Barfa in the Hindi language
बरफाbarapha89.23
बर्फाbarpha9.57
बर्फbarpha0.64
बर्फ़ाbarfa0.32
बरफ़ाbarafa0.16
वर्फाvarpha0.08

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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 Barfa
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