Garafas Surname

1,907,068th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 95 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Garafas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Garafas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece791:140,25123,222
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
England21:27,859,030389,889
Germany21:40,252,730481,636

Garafas Last Name Facts

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

The last name Garafas occurs in Greece more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Garafas? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,907,068th most common surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 76,711,010 people. The last name Garafas occurs mostly in Europe, where 87 percent of Garafas live; 83 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 83 percent live in Helleno-Europe.

This surname is most frequent in Greece, where it is carried by 79 people, or 1 in 140,251. In Greece Garafas is most frequent in: Epirus, where 66 percent reside, Attica, where 33 percent reside and Ionian Islands, where 1 percent reside. Aside from Greece Garafas is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 8 percent reside and The United States, where 4 percent reside.

Garafas Last Name Statistics demography

Garafas earn notably less less than the average income. In Canada they earn 16.44% less than the national average, earning $41,516 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Garrafas9317/
Garafa92275/
Arafas927/
Garrafa862,132/
Garaffa861,170/
Garafga867/
Garofas865/
Garefas865/
Gharafa865/
Harafas861/
Garaufa861/
Garraffa80415/
Garoufas80105/
Arafatse8014/
Ngarafah804/
Gharaffa801/
Garofa77102/
Arafaz774/
Garafo773/
Gorafa771/
Garaffo71215/
Arofahs71130/
Garoufa7171/
Garefos7139/
Horafas7117/
Gorrafa7110/
Garrofa719/
Garofai719/
Garrafo713/
Garadfo711/
Garraffo67556/
Garoufos6768/
Garrafão671/
Ghourafa671/

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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 Garafas
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