Gharifat Surname
Approximately 409 people bear this surname
Gharifat Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan | 380 | 1:23,270 | 3,258 |
| Palestine | 29 | 1:156,857 | 8,402 |
Gharifat Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gharifat Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gharifat is more frequently found in Jordan than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gharifat? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 714,947th most prevalent surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 17,817,961 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Gharifat reside; 100 percent reside in West Asia and 100 percent reside in Levant.
This surname is most frequent in Jordan, where it is borne by 380 people, or 1 in 23,270. In Jordan it is mostly found in: Irbid Governorate, where 90 percent live, Balqa Governorate, where 5 percent live and Zarqa Governorate, where 5 percent live. Barring Jordan it exists in one country. It is also found in Palestine, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gharifah | 88 | 2 | / |
| Garifa | 86 | 19 | / |
| Gaurifa | 80 | 2,009 | / |
| Ghorifa | 80 | 156 | / |
| Gariffa | 80 | 30 | / |
| Gaarifa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Garriffa | 75 | 11 | / |
| Garifo | 71 | 745 | / |
| Garefa | 71 | 30 | / |
| Gorifa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Gariffo | 67 | 232 | / |
| Gareffa | 67 | 169 | / |
| Garrefa | 67 | 156 | / |
| Gairifo | 67 | 47 | / |
| Garefas | 67 | 5 | / |
| Garreffa | 63 | 1,914 | / |
| Gerifaud | 63 | 28 | / |
| Garriffo | 63 | 3 | / |
| Gérifaud | 63 | 1 | / |
| Garefos | 53 | 39 | / |
| Garefou | 53 | 5 | / |
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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 Gharifat
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