Farafe Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Farafe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Farafe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran111:6,980,229145,986
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Farafe Last Name Facts

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

Farafe occurs more in Iran more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Farafe? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,391,485th most widely held surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 85 percent of Farafe reside; 85 percent reside in South Asia and 85 percent reside in Islamic South Asia.

Farafe is most widespread in Iran, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 6,980,229. In Iran it is primarily concentrated in: Kermanshah Province, where 82 percent live, Alborz Province, where 9 percent live and Razavi Khorasan Province, where 9 percent live. Apart from Iran Farafe exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 8 percent live and Spain, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Farafer925/
Faraf91154/
Farrafes861/
Farahf8395/
Varafe837/
Farafa834/
Farafi834/
Fahraf833/
Farhaf833/
Ferafe833/
Farefe832/
Farofe831/
Faaraf831/
Farajf831/
Fasraf831/
Farrafi771/
Farab73322/
Faraw7332/
Farof7312/
Varaf7311/
Farav735/
Farhofer7112/
Fareifer714/
Farahiev712/
Farofa6793/
Farova6763/
Faroof6720/
Faroif6719/
Farefi6719/
Fahrhöfer6715/
Farhab678/
Fairof674/
Farofi674/
Farrav672/
Varafi672/
Farouf672/
Farraw672/
Fargav672/
Varefe672/
Fearav672/
Farabh672/
Farrof671/
Ferafi671/
Farhav671/
Farzof671/
Farowa671/
Varafh671/
Farhof671/
Farzaw671/
Fasraw670/

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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 Farafe
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