Garaf Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Garaf Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Garaf Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Garaf Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Garaf (Arabic: غراف, Hindi: गरफ) is held by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Garaf? popularity and diffusion
The last name Garaf is the 5,057,639th most numerous surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 53 percent of Garaf live; 40 percent live in Southeast Asia and 40 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.
The last name Garaf is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 26,449,839. In Indonesia it is most common in: Gorontalo, where 100 percent live. Apart from Indonesia Garaf exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 33 percent live and India, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Garaf Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Garaf in the Hindi language | ||
| गरफ | garapha | - |
| Garaf in the Arabic language | ||
| غراف | ghraf | - |
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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 Garaf
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