Faref Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Faref Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Faref Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia61:22,041,532555,748
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Iran11:76,782,524277,718

Faref Last Name Facts

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

Faref occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Faref? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,063,924th most widely held last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 60 percent of Faref are found; 50 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 50 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.

Faref is most commonly held in Indonesia, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 22,041,532. In Indonesia it is mostly concentrated in: Maluku, where 50 percent reside, Jakarta, where 17 percent reside and West Papua, where 17 percent reside. Besides Indonesia it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 20 percent reside and Australia, where 10 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fareef915/
Farief913/
Farefe912/
Farefz911/
Farref911/
Fhareef832/
Fareedf832/
Farrief831/
Farreff830/
Farif8058/
Fareb8011/
Feref804/
Varef802/
Farew802/
Farev802/
Fariev7320/
Faroif7319/
Fareva7318/
Fariff7316/
Fareev7316/
Farrif7310/
Fareeb736/
Foreuf732/
Farzif731/
Forgef731/
Farzev731/
Fargif731/
Ferref731/
Farajf731/
Farrew730/
Farziev67329/
Farzeev6738/
Fahriev677/
Fahreev671/
Fareejw671/
Farziew671/
Forreft671/
Farriff671/
Ferreff670/

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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 Faref
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