Chorafas Surname
Approximately 201 people bear this surname
Chorafas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 196 | 1:56,530 | 9,431 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chorafas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chorafas Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chorafas is borne by more people in Greece than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chorafas? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chorafas is the 1,181,191st most frequently used family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 36,256,447 people. The last name Chorafas occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Chorafas reside; 98 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 98 percent reside in Helleno-Europe.
The last name is most commonly used in Greece, where it is carried by 196 people, or 1 in 56,530. In Greece it is primarily concentrated in: Central Macedonia, where 32 percent reside, Attica, where 27 percent reside and Western Greece, where 22 percent reside. Excluding Greece Chorafas is found in 3 countries. It is also common in France, where 1 percent reside and Switzerland, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chorafa | 93 | 147 | / |
| Horafas | 93 | 17 | / |
| Chourafa | 88 | 177 | / |
| Courafas | 88 | 2 | / |
| Choraffa | 88 | 1 | / |
| Shorafa | 80 | 639 | / |
| Charafa | 80 | 80 | / |
| Carafas | 80 | 11 | / |
| Corofas | 80 | 4 | / |
| Harafas | 80 | 1 | / |
| Xourafas | 75 | 137 | / |
| Shorafat | 75 | 4 | / |
| Charafat | 75 | 4 | / |
| Sharafas | 75 | 3 | / |
| Harafa | 71 | 50 | / |
| Scharafat | 71 | 12 | / |
| Scharaffa | 71 | 11 | / |
| Horofa | 71 | 11 | / |
| Sharafa | 67 | 1,392 | / |
| Xourafa | 67 | 29 | / |
| Sarafas | 67 | 21 | / |
| Carafos | 67 | 19 | / |
| Sorafah | 67 | 15 | / |
| Harafat | 67 | 12 | / |
| Kharafa | 67 | 12 | / |
| Horavah | 67 | 10 | / |
| Harrafa | 67 | 10 | / |
| Charafo | 67 | 9 | / |
| Jorafah | 67 | 6 | / |
| Khorofa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Sahrafa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Harafah | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hasrafa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sourafa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Harafau | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Chorafas
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