Corfa Surname

983,245th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 262 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Jersey

Corfa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Corfa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France2051:324,01349,159
Romania411:489,70437,604
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
England11:55,718,059489,080
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151

The alternate forms: Corfă (4) are calculated separately.

Corfa Last Name Facts

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

Corfa has its highest incidence in France. It can be found as a variant: Corfă. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Corfa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 983,245th most frequently occurring last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 27,815,061 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 95 percent of Corfa live; 78 percent live in Western Europe and 78 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

The surname is most frequently occurring in France, where it is held by 205 people, or 1 in 324,013. In France it is most common in: Brittany, where 46 percent are found, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 13 percent are found and Pays de la Loire, where 10 percent are found. Barring France this last name occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in Romania, where 16 percent are found and Morocco, where 2 percent are found.

Corfa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Corfa has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname decreased 75 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Corfă934/
Chorfa912,565/
Corfah9132/
Corfas9114/
Hcorfa911/
Corfea911/
Corrfa911/
Chourfa8337/
Chorfah831/
Corrfai831/
Corfe80567/
Zorfa80335/
Korfa8088/
Carfa8056/
Sorfa8015/
Jorfa804/
Corfi803/
Corfy801/
Corfo801/
Chourffa771/
Chorfi7316,540/
Charfa73273/
Corfee73157/
Korfah7380/
Sorfai7370/
Zorfas7360/
Sorfay7357/
Corfey7354/
Corvah7348/
Korfas7333/
Corfei7327/
Corfou7327/
Corfio7318/
Corfis739/
Korffa736/
Carfas735/
Coerfo733/
Kourfa733/
Ciorfi733/
Chorfe732/
Korpfa732/
Scarfa732/
Djorfa731/
Ciarfa731/
Corfes731/
Korfau731/
Josrfa731/
Jorfas731/
Ciorfe731/
Korfoa731/
Korfea731/
Corfeh731/
Scorfo731/
Cheurfa673,482/
Chourfi67262/
Zorfass6718/
Charfah679/
Corffeh677/
Courfeault673/
Chorpha672/
Chorffi672/
Djourfa672/
Charffa671/
Kourfah671/
Courfey671/
Courfer671/
Corfoot671/
Chorffe671/

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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 Corfa
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