bin Arfah Surname

3,185,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 38 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

bin Arfah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

bin Arfah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia261:1,134,39349,681
Indonesia121:11,020,766390,383

bin Arfah Last Name Facts

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

bin Arfah is carried by more people in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name bin Arfah? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,185,033rd most numerous last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 191,777,524 people. The surname bin Arfah occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of bin Arfah reside; 100 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 100 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.

The surname bin Arfah is most frequently used in Malaysia, where it is borne by 26 people, or 1 in 1,134,393. In Malaysia bin Arfah is most prevalent in: Sabah, where 77 percent reside, Labuan, where 19 percent reside and Selangor, where 4 percent reside. Other than Malaysia this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Indonesia, where 32 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
bin Arfa945/
bin Arfai896/
bin Arfad893/
bin Arfha891/
bin Arfa'e842/
Ben Arfa82458/
bin Erfa821/
bin Arpha787/
Ben Garfa784/
Ben Arffa781/
Ben Harfa781/
ben Arfaa781/
Ben-Arfa7112/
Ben Erfa711/

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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 bin Arfah
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis