Forafo Surname

2,372,517th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 65 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Forafo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Forafo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France601:1,107,045119,335
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
England11:55,718,059489,080

The alternate forms: Forafò (3) are calculated separately.

Forafo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Forafo occurs most in France. It can appear as a variant: Forafò. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Forafo? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,372,517th most common family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 112,116,091 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Forafo live; 92 percent live in Western Europe and 92 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

It is most widespread in France, where it is held by 60 people, or 1 in 1,107,045. In France Forafo is most frequent in: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 48 percent live, Normandy, where 42 percent live and Hauts-de-France, where 3 percent live. Excluding France it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Italy, where 6 percent live and England, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Forafò943/
Forofo8365/
Farafo835/
Farafod774/
Ferafa6719/
Farafa674/
Varafo671/
Farafat62174/
Farafad6236/
Farafau621/
Vorapho621/
Voraphoj576/
Farafath571/
Farofa5093/
Furofa502/
Vurafa501/
Verafa501/

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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 Forafo
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