Faraf Surname

1,409,418th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 154 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Faraf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Faraf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt1221:753,57238,342
Iran81:9,597,816173,045
Yemen51:5,285,05921,214
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Somaliland41:875,0461,198
England21:27,859,030389,889
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
France11:66,422,722504,397
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Faraf (33) may also be a first name.

Faraf Last Name Facts

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

The last name Faraf (Hindi: फराफ, Russian: Фараф) is more commonly found in Egypt than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Faraf? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,409,418th most frequently used surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 47,321,727 people. The surname Faraf occurs mostly in Africa, where 82 percent of Faraf are found; 79 percent are found in North Africa and 79 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. Faraf is also the 1,807,719th most widely held forename globally, held by 33 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Egypt, where it is held by 122 people, or 1 in 753,572. Without taking into account Egypt Faraf exists in 14 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 5 percent live and Yemen, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Farahf9195/
Farafe9113/
Farhaf913/
Fahraf913/
Fasraf911/
Faaraf911/
Farajf911/
Farab80322/
Faraw8032/
Farof8012/
Varaf8011/
Farav805/
Farova7363/
Faroof7320/
Faroif7319/
Farhab738/
Ferraf737/
Fairof734/
Farraw732/
Farouf732/
Farabh732/
Fearav732/
Fargav732/
Farrav732/
Farhav731/
Farrof731/
Farzof731/
Farowa731/
Farofe731/
Varafh731/
Farhof731/
Farzaw731/
Fasraw730/
Fargova6718/
Faurowa672/
Fairauv672/
Ferraff671/
Farhoof671/
Farroft671/
Faharab671/
Farravd671/
Farahav671/
Fairoof671/
Fharoof671/
Fgaurav671/
Pfarrof671/

Faraf Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Faraf in the Hindi language
फराफpharapha-
Faraf in the Russian language
Фарафfaraf-

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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 Faraf
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