Farafan Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Peru

Farafan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Farafan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Peru11:31,784,12364,452

Farafan (15) may also be a first name.

Farafan Last Name Facts

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

Farafan (Hindi: फरफान) is borne by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Farafan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 7,593,402nd most frequently held family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname Farafan occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 50 percent of Farafan are found; 50 percent are found in South Asia and 33 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequently used given name on earth It is held by 15 people.

The last name Farafan is most common in India, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 383,532,691. In India Farafan is most numerous in: Bihar, where 50 percent are found and Uttar Pradesh, where 50 percent are found. Not including India it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Colombia, where 17 percent are found and Iran, where 17 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Farafon8628/
Farafanova8223/
Farhadfam758/
Farafonova712,620/
Farafoszyn7127/
Farofanova711/
Forofan711/
Varaphan676/
Pharaphan6330/
Phatraphan5986/
Forafonova5971/
Voraphan538/
Varaphon536/
Veraphan531/
Veeraphan5080/
Pharaphon5069/
Vorraphan501/

Farafan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Farafan in the Hindi language
फरफानpharaphana-

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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 Farafan
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