Garafi Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Garafi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 14 | 1:1,483,505 | 83,777 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Garafi (47) may also be a first name.
Garafi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Garafi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Garafi (Arabic: غارفي) is most common in Cameroon. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Garafi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,798,600th most commonly used surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 78 percent of Garafi live; 63 percent live in West Africa and 44 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 1,467,136th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, held by 47 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 1,483,505. In Cameroon Garafi is primarily concentrated in: North Region, where 93 percent reside and Far North Region, where 7 percent reside. Other than Cameroon this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 15 percent reside and Indonesia, where 11 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Garafi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Garafi in the Arabic language | ||
| غارفي | gharfy | - |
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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 Garafi
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