Garefis Surname
Approximately 114 people bear this surname
Garefis Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 106 | 1:104,526 | 17,585 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
Garefis Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Garefis Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Garefis occurs more in Greece more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Garefis? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,710,039th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 63,925,841 people. The surname Garefis occurs mostly in Europe, where 93 percent of Garefis are found; 93 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 93 percent are found in Helleno-Europe.
Garefis is most commonly occurring in Greece, where it is held by 106 people, or 1 in 104,526. In Greece Garefis is mostly found in: Central Macedonia, where 58 percent reside, Attica, where 20 percent reside and Thessaly, where 20 percent reside. Without taking into account Greece it occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garefi | 92 | 24 | / |
| Arefis | 92 | 5 | / |
| Gareffi | 86 | 16 | / |
| Arefiss | 86 | 2 | / |
| Areffis | 86 | 1 | / |
| Garreffi | 80 | 119 | / |
| Harefish | 80 | 97 | / |
| Garaafis | 80 | 1 | / |
| Garifi | 77 | 95 | / |
| Garefa | 77 | 30 | / |
| Arifis | 77 | 6 | / |
| Garefe | 77 | 2 | / |
| Garyfi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Orefis | 77 | 1 | / |
| Autrefois | 75 | 2 | / |
| Gareffa | 71 | 169 | / |
| Garrefa | 71 | 156 | / |
| Gharifi | 71 | 98 | / |
| Arefice | 71 | 9 | / |
| Orefise | 71 | 7 | / |
| Gariefy | 71 | 3 | / |
| Gorefie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Garreffa | 67 | 1,914 | / |
| Ghatrifi | 67 | 20 | / |
| Ghoreifi | 67 | 13 | / |
| Goureyfi | 67 | 4 | / |
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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 Garefis
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