Farfaras Surname

1,181,191st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 201 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Cyprus

Farfaras Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Farfaras Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece1061:104,52617,585
United States511:7,107,038327,397
Canada201:1,842,280119,096
Cyprus201:44,2444,510
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Farfaras Last Name Facts

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

The surname Farfaras has its highest incidence in Greece. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Farfaras? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,181,191st most frequently held family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 36,256,447 people. Farfaras is predominantly found in Europe, where 64 percent of Farfaras reside; 63 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 63 percent reside in Helleno-Europe.

The surname is most widely held in Greece, where it is carried by 106 people, or 1 in 104,526. In Greece Farfaras is most common in: Attica, where 49 percent are found, Peloponnese, where 44 percent are found and Western Greece, where 4 percent are found. Apart from Greece it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 25 percent are found and Canada, where 10 percent are found.

Farfaras Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Farfaras surname are 13.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 66.67% registered with the political party.

The amount Farfaras earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 18.97% more than the national average, earning $51,333 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.95% more than the national average, earning $57,609 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Farfara93435/
Farfaraz881/
Farfaro80100/
Farfora8021/
Forfara809/
Farfoura7516/
Farfaaro751/
Farferaz751/
Forfarhad716/
Fourfouras676/
Forfora674/
Fourfaro631/
Foorfora631/
Fourfarey5911/
Varforey501/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Farfaras
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