Garafia Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Garafia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Czechia | 6 | 1:1,772,245 | 105,647 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
Garafia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Garafia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Garafia is more commonly found in Czechia than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Garafia.
How Common Is The Last Name Garafia? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,723,624th most widely held family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 88 percent of Garafia live; 88 percent live in Eastern Europe and 88 percent live in West Slavic Europe.
The last name is most widespread in Czechia, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 1,772,245. In Czechia Garafia is most frequent in: Karlovy Vary Region, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account Czechia this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 13 percent live and Slovakia, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gharafia | 93 | 1 | / |
| Arafia | 92 | 170 | / |
| Garafijat | 88 | 32 | / |
| Arafiah | 86 | 45 | / |
| Garofia | 86 | 13 | / |
| Arafiha | 86 | 8 | / |
| Araifia | 86 | 4 | / |
| Asrafia | 86 | 3 | / |
| Arrafia | 86 | 3 | / |
| Aarafia | 86 | 1 | / |
| Harafiah | 80 | 16 | / |
| Garaffio | 80 | 12 | / |
| Harafias | 80 | 3 | / |
| Airhafia | 80 | 1 | / |
| Arafea | 77 | 8 | / |
| Arofia | 77 | 5 | / |
| Orafia | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ghourafia | 75 | 1 | / |
| Arofiah | 71 | 78 | / |
| Arofhia | 71 | 38 | / |
| Orofia | 62 | 7 | / |
| Horafios | 53 | 16 | / |
| Harafjoo | 53 | 10 | / |
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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 Garafia
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